chair

About 33.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. noun Clipping of chairperson.

   Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.

3. noun The post or position of chairperson.

   The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.

4. noun The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

   My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.

5. noun A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
6. noun One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
7. noun Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”).

   The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.

8. noun A distinguished professorship at a university.

Similar words

electric chair hot seat chairwoman chairman preside professorship chairperson president moderate lead

Often followed by

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Word family

chaired chairing chairs