chair
♦♦ chair /tʃ'eər/ (chairs chairing chaired)
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A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
He rose from his chair and walked to the window.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N of/in n
At a university, a chair is the post of professor.
He has been appointed to the chair of sociology at Southampton University...
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N of n
The person who is the chair of a committee or meeting is the person in charge of it.
She is the chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.
= chairperson
4 [VERB] V n
If you chair a meeting or a committee, you are the person in charge of it.
He was about to chair a meeting in Venice of EU foreign ministers...
5 [N-SING] the N
The chair is the same as the electric chair. (AM)chair lift (chair lifts)
also chairlift
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A chair lift is a line of chairs that hang from a moving cable and carry people up and down a mountain or ski slope.easy chair (easy chairs)
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An easy chair is a large, comfortable padded chair.elec|tric chair (electric chairs)
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The electric chair is a method of killing criminals, used especially in the United States, in which a person is strapped to a special chair and killed by a powerful electric current.high chair (high chairs)
also highchair
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A high chair is a chair with long legs for a small child to sit in while they are eating.rock|ing chair (rocking chairs)
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A rocking chair is a chair that is built on two curved pieces of wood so that you can rock yourself backwards and forwards when you are sitting in it.se|dan chair (sedan chairs)
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A sedan chair is an enclosed chair for one person carried on two poles by two men, one in front and one behind. Sedan chairs were used in the 17th and 18th centuries.swiv|el chair (swivel chairs)
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A swivel chair is a chair whose seat can be turned around a central point to face in a different direction without moving the legs.
1 [N-COUNT]
A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
He rose from his chair and walked to the window.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N of/in n
At a university, a chair is the post of professor.
He has been appointed to the chair of sociology at Southampton University...
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N of n
The person who is the chair of a committee or meeting is the person in charge of it.
She is the chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.
= chairperson
4 [VERB] V n
If you chair a meeting or a committee, you are the person in charge of it.
He was about to chair a meeting in Venice of EU foreign ministers...
5 [N-SING] the N
The chair is the same as the electric chair. (AM)chair lift (chair lifts)
also chairlift
[N-COUNT]
A chair lift is a line of chairs that hang from a moving cable and carry people up and down a mountain or ski slope.easy chair (easy chairs)
[N-COUNT]
An easy chair is a large, comfortable padded chair.elec|tric chair (electric chairs)
[N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The electric chair is a method of killing criminals, used especially in the United States, in which a person is strapped to a special chair and killed by a powerful electric current.high chair (high chairs)
also highchair
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A high chair is a chair with long legs for a small child to sit in while they are eating.rock|ing chair (rocking chairs)
[N-COUNT]
A rocking chair is a chair that is built on two curved pieces of wood so that you can rock yourself backwards and forwards when you are sitting in it.se|dan chair (sedan chairs)
[N-COUNT]
A sedan chair is an enclosed chair for one person carried on two poles by two men, one in front and one behind. Sedan chairs were used in the 17th and 18th centuries.swiv|el chair (swivel chairs)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A swivel chair is a chair whose seat can be turned around a central point to face in a different direction without moving the legs.