chair
/t͡ʃɛɚ/ noun A1- An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. · All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.· I sat on my chair to have dinner.
- The post or position of chairperson. · The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
- The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. · My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
- A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
- One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
- A distinguished professorship at a university.
- A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
- The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
Plural chairs
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window.
They had made a chair of their hands and were careful not to hurt her.
Fernand closed his eyes, a burning sensation passed across his brow, and he was compelled to support himself by the table to prevent his falling from his chair; but in spite of all his efforts, he could not refrain from uttering a deep groan, which, however, was lost amid the noisy felicitations of the company.
Instinctively Fernand drew back his chair.
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