bean bag chair

Pellet-filled furniture

A bean bag chair is a large fabric sack filled with polystyrene beads or similar loose material, used as informal seating.

The filling shifts to conform to the sitter's body.

Popular since the 1960s, bean bag chairs suggest casual, youthful spaces: The dorm room had nothing but a bean bag chair and a TV.

Related
  • sackRough fabric bag
  • loungingReclining in idleness
  • floppyLacking rigidity, bending easily
  • squishySoft and easily compressed
  • dormOn-campus student housing

dorm room · college life · floor · floor seating · cushion · gaming · game room · lazy · laid back · slouch · comfort · sunken · polyester · filling · pellets · foam · plop · casual

Categories
Opposites
furniture structure

bean bag chairthrone

Ceremonial chair for sovereigns

Windsor chair · ladder-back chair · church pew · dining chair · Shaker chair

formality/setting

bean bag chairthrone

Ceremonial chair for sovereigns

wingback chair · Chesterfield

support type

bean bag chairrecliner

Adjustable-back armchair

kneeling chair · stadium seat · airplane seat · car seat

Family

bean, chair, beans, chairs, beanbag, bagged, bagging, chaired, chairing

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G