chair
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1.0
- noun
- /tʃɛr/
- She sat down in the chair by the window to read her book.
- sit in a chair
- tables and chairs
- rocking chair
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- The lamp and the chair are on the carpet.
- I really dig this chair in the corner of my cave.
- But we found this big chair we can share.
Examples
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Many teens still enjoy sitting on a comfortable library lounge chair, discussing books and reading paper magazines.
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And how do you plan on getting out of that chair?
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Hey buddy, roll, pull up a chair, man, welcome.
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You get to sit in the chair, right?
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Pull up a chair for him.
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Slowly he got up from the chair and stood facing me.
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This is one of our office chairs from upstairs.
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Participants were seated on a stable chair 6 ft from the camera.
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The Speaker is seated in his chair at the center, with two clerks in front of him.
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Participants sat in a customized chair in front of a computer monitor.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
The part of a chair or bench that you sit on
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1.4
A chair with wheels for people who cannot walk
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1.0
A comfortable chair with supports on each side for your arms
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3.1
A comfortable chair with a back that tilts and a footrest that lifts
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8.5
A long chair with a seat that lets you stretch out and rest
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2.6
A comfortable armchair with a back that leans and sometimes a footrest
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2.8
A chair with a seat that turns around a fixed base
2
5.9
A wooden armchair with a curved seat and a low back with vertical bars
2
8.1
A long chair for one person to lie back and rest their legs
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3.4
A large soft armchair with very thick cushions and wide arms
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2.7
An armchair with a back that tilts and a footrest that rises
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9.9
An enclosed chair for one person that people used to carry on poles
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2.5
A seat with a straight back and no arms
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5.1
A wooden chair with a solid seat and a back of thin upright rods
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7.8
A chair with a back made of horizontal slats like a ladder
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1.6
A small folding chair you use outdoors, for example when camping
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8.9
An armchair with a wooden frame, loose cushions, and a back that reclines
A seat that has no legs and sits close to the ground
Idioms
- Informal
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6.4
To react strongly because something is very funny or surprising
Compounds
- NSFW
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5.3
A chair used to put a person to death by sending electricity through their body
- UK
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1.6
A folding outdoor chair with a wooden frame and a cloth seat used for sitting in the sun
2
1.9
A large adjustable chair with headrest and footrest used in a barbershop for haircuts and shaves
- Specialized
1
3.2
A chair in a dentist's office that tilts and holds a patient during treatment
- Baby Talk
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2.1
A small seat a child sits on to pee or poo when learning to use the toilet
- Specialized
1
7.5
A strong fixed chair on a fishing boat that holds a person while they fight large fish
- Offensive
A chair with wheels and a cover that a helper pushes to carry sick people at resorts
- Specialized
A strong seat hung by ropes to hold a person working high on a ship
- Specialized
A seat hung from ropes that holds a person while they work high above, for example on a ship
- Indian
A part of a train with comfortable individual seats for daytime travel that costs extra
- Formal
A special decorated chair used in ceremonies for a ruler or other important person
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chair comes from an old Greek/Latin word cathedra meaning 'seat', the same root in cathedral where the bishop's special 'seat' shows his authority. So a chair is literally a single 'seat' with a back and legs.