Chair
/t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Chair
noun
- An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
"All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair."
- The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
"My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops."
- An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
- One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
- A distinguished professorship at a university.
verb
- To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
"Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting."
- To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
- To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
"The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod."
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chairofficerpresiderpresiding