Engels Woord van de dag

chair

stoel

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

chair

1. stoel, zetel

Engels > Engels

chair

1. n. 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.

2. n. clipping of chairperson

Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.

3. n. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.

4. n. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.

5. n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.

6. n. (slang) (ellipsis of electric chair)

He killed a cop: he's going to get the chair.

The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.

7. n. A distinguished professorship at a university.

8. n. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.

9. v. To act as chairperson at; to preside over.

Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.

10. v. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.

11. v. (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.

Nederlands > Engels

stoel

1. n-m. A chair, a piece of furniture used for sitting, normally portable and having four legs.

2. n-m. (hence)) Any seat, from stool to throne; a dais.

3. n-m. The base on which something rests, e.g. platform; something fixed on it, notably a workbench.

4. n-m. A place of residence, headquarters, powerbase.

5. n-m. (botany) A receptacle, stool, a type of stump.

6. n-m. (obsolete) A confessional chair.

7. n-m. (obsolete) Fecal stool.

8. n-m. (obsolete) A toadstool, a mushroom.

9. v. imperative of stoelen

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

You may sit down on the chair.
    U mag op de stoel gaan zitten.
What's this chair doing here?
    Wat heeft deze stoel hier te zoeken?
It is under the chair.
    Het ligt onder de stoel.
My grandfather always sits in this chair.
    Mijn grootvader zit altijd in deze stoel.
Take the other chair!
    Neem de andere stoel!

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