'electric chair' definitions:
Definition of 'electric chair'
(from WordNet)
noun
An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" [syn: electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat]
Definition of 'electric chair'
From: GCIDE
- electric chair \e*lec"tric chair`\, n. a device used for execution of criminals, consisting of a specially designed chair in which the victim is killed by passing a large current of electricity through the body. This method of killing is called electrocution.
- Syn: the chair, death chair, hot seat. [PJC] electric charge
Synonyms of 'electric chair'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ax,
- block,
- cross,
- death chair,
- death chamber,
- drop,
- gallows,
- gallows-tree,
- gas chamber,
- gibbet,
- guillotine,
- halter,
- hemp,
- hempen collar,
- hot seat,
- lethal chamber,
- maiden,
- noose,
- rope,
- scaffold,
- stake,
- the chair,
- tree