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Chair

Noun

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1.NounAn 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."
2.NounClipping of chairperson.
"Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions."
3.NounThe post or position of chairperson.
"The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair."
4.NounThe seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
"My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops."
5.NounA cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
6.NounOne of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
7.NounEllipsis 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.NounA distinguished professorship at a university.
9.NounA vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
10.NounThe seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
11.NounAn assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.
"Melinda has the best chair in the salon."
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13.VerbTo act as chairperson at; to preside over.
"Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting."
14.VerbTo carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
15.VerbTo award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
"The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod."
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