Word: Chairs
How to pronounce: ʧeə
Noun
Definitions:
1. A separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
Example sentences: "Cafe tables and chairs face a bench seat below a lowered ceiling that curves for an atmospheric effect."
2. The person in charge of a meeting or of an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman)
Example sentences: "She's the chair of a research committee"
3. A professorship.
Example sentences: "He held a chair in physics"
4. A metal socket holding a rail in place on a railway sleeper.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event)
Example sentences: "The debate was chaired by the Archbishop of York"
2. Carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory.
Example sentences: "No one seemed anxious to chair him round the hall"
Synonyms:
armchair
stool
seat
couch
recliner
rocker
desk chair
pews
fauteuil
chairman
head
president
chairmanship
chairwoman
speaker
helm
reins
lectern
department
professorship
preside
stroller
wheelchair
moderator
moderate
electric chair
hot seat
lead
Derivations:
chaise
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Chairs in Other Languages...
Spanish: Silla
German: Gartenst
French: Chaise
Italian: Sedia
Turkish: Sandalyeli
