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chair
[chair]
noun
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair.
The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion.
a seat of office or authority.
a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc.
the person occupying a seat of office, especially the chairperson of a meeting.
The speaker addressed the chair.
(in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk.
first clarinet chair.
Informal., the chair, electric chair.
(in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation.
a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass.
British Railroads., a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like.
verb (used with object)
to place or seat in a chair.
to install in office.
to preside over; act as chairperson of.
to chair a committee.
British., to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph.
verb (used without object)
to preside over a meeting, committee, etc.
chair
/ tʃɛə /
noun
a seat with a back on which one person sits, typically having four legs and often having arms
an official position of authority
a chair on the board of directors
the person chairing a debate or meeting
the speaker addressed the chair
a professorship
the chair of German
railways an iron or steel cradle bolted to a sleeper in which the rail sits and is locked in position
short for sedan chair
chairing a debate or meeting
to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
an informal name for electric chair
verb
to preside over (a meeting)
to carry aloft in a sitting position after a triumph or great achievement
to provide with a chair of office
to install in a chair
Gender Note
Other Word Forms
- chairless adjective
- unchair verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chair1
Idioms and Phrases
take the chair,
to begin or open a meeting.
to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson.
get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair.
Example Sentences
A sniff of a rotting old chair frightens Indy so much, he wets the rug.
The US president would chair this so-called "Board of Peace" and Sir Tony, aged 72, would be a member.
"The defendant then approaches the head chef; he grabs him and tries to punch him to the face," said Mr Newman, adding police were called when Sharwarq then armed himself with a chair.
RPM Steak – RPM Steak is a classic two-story steakhouse with high ceilings, a marble bar, and black wood tables, complemented by upholstered white chairs.
Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the influential Treasury select committee, said ending the limit was not only the right thing to do morally, it also made economic sense in the long term.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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