chair

Definitions

• 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 (stool), couch (couch), sofa (sofa), settee (settee), loveseat (loveseat) and bench (bench).
• (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
• (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
• (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
• (slang)
• A distinguished professorship at a university.
• A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
• The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.