chair
/t͡ʃɛɚ/ nom A1En français : chaise, fauteuil, chaire
- 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.
Pluriel chairs
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
Great big people perched on chairs,
But when we climbed upon a chair,
“There’s _plenty_ of room!” said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table.
Maxwell shoved his chair against the wall and transacted business after the manner of a toe dancer.
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