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| 1. subst. 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. subst. clipping of chairperson |  |
| Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions. |  |
| 3. subst. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. |  |
| My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops. |  |
| 4. subst. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices. |  |
| 5. subst. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair. |  |
| 6. subst. (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. subst. A distinguished professorship at a university. |  |
| 8. subst. 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. |  |
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| sedia | |
| 1. subst. (furniture) chair |  |