ALL meanings of chair
chair
C c - noun chair electric chair 1
- transitive verb chair preside over 1
- noun chair 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. 0
- noun chair (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. 0
- noun chair (rail transport) Blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices. 0
- noun chair (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair. 0
- noun chair (Slang) (with the) The electric chair. 0
- noun chair A distinguished professorship at a university. 0
- noun chair An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. 0
- noun chair A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. 0
- verb chair To act as chairperson. 0
- verb chair To carry someone in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory. 0
- verb chair (Wales, Britain) To award a chair to the winning poet at a Welsh eisteddfod. 0