noun / verb
chair
CHAIR/tʃer/
A seat made for one person.
The plain wooden chair has a backrest and four sturdy legs.
Etymology
Latin cathedra named a chair or seat, including an easy chair or a teacher’s chair. English chair preserves the ordinary furniture sense, while related cathedral reflects a bishop’s seat.
In context
I knew which chair was mine I had built it a ladder back with a woven rush seat the kind of chair that fits one person after enough years of sitting
More examples
- She pulls a chair up to the desk.
- He chairs the committee's monthly meeting.
- The chair asks members to vote on the proposal.
Forms
chair · chairs · chaired · chairing
Similar words
- seat
- Any place designed for sitting, including benches and stools.
- chairperson
- Specifically the person leading a meeting or group.