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# recliner

«recliner» in Mova's school dictionary: **a soft armchair whose back can lean back and whose…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a recliner, recliners)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A recliner is a soft armchair whose back can lean back and whose footrest can come up, so you can lie back comfortably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#m1)

2) Some car, plane or cinema seats are also called recliners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life Grandad's recliner in the living room is a cosy place to read or nap. Phrases: «lean back in the recliner», «a reclining seat».

### examples

- Grandpa fell asleep in his recliner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#x1)
- Pull the lever and the recliner leans back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#x2)
- The cinema has big recliners with cup holders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#x3)
- Don't let small children climb on the footrest of the recliner; fingers can get caught. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#x4)
- Dad watched the match from his recliner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#x5)
- The new recliner was the comfiest chair in the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/#x6)

### note

Countable: recliner, recliners. Verb: «recline» = lean back. The moving parts of a recliner can trap fingers or pets, so be careful when closing it.

### In the corpora

- [Keep fingers clear of the folding parts of recliners and folding chairs, because they pinch and crush.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recliner» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.