A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Used in a Sentence
chippendale
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chippendale.
Editorial note
Auction houses do this routinely, since Thomas Chippendale died two centuries ago and can’t provide input.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of chippendale gathered in one view.
A habitational surname from Old English.
(attributive) A style of rococo bookplate.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for chippendale.
noun
A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
noun
A habitational surname from Old English.
noun
(attributive) A style of rococo bookplate.
noun
(attributive) A style of furniture designed by, or resembling that of, Thomas Chippendale, generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on.
Example sentences
Auction houses do this routinely, since Thomas Chippendale died two centuries ago and can’t provide input.
He's a wannabe actor who was the asian chippendale gag on Conan a few years back.
If it had been made by a women perhaps she'd have used a Chippendale image?
Kondo would have done for it when Chippendale or Sheraton were alive if not before.
The Sydney team work from a nice open space above a gallery in Chippendale that's flanked by good coffee and slightly above average bars.
Furniture designs were widely copied; but Chippendale did alright for himself.
So does Poland, Hungary, Germany, Uruguay and the Chippendale stripper project.
My commute is pretty awesome: I live in Chippendale which is behind Central Station.
Chairface Chippendale was just ahead of his time!
Trying to generate D&D character, got chippendale.
Our wood shop was so good they made a museum quality piece of furniture for our retiring boss and it was better than the best Chippendale furniture when new.
If I take a Chippendale table and replace the (creepy) animal like curvy legs and those (creepy) ball and claw feet with straight square footless legs, that both is, and is not, a minor trim variation on a Chippendale.
Proper noun examples
The artwork is done by Brian Chippendale, the drummer from Lightning Bolt, who are the greatest band in the world.
A villain named Chairface Chippendale, a sophisticated criminal mastermind with a distinctive chair for a head.
If you like Lightning Bolt because of the drumming of Brian Chippendale, you'll probably dig what Greg Saunier is doing behind the kit.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use chippendale in a sentence?
Auction houses do this routinely, since Thomas Chippendale died two centuries ago and can’t provide input.
What does chippendale mean?
A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is chippendale?
chippendale is commonly used as noun.