chair
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
Example
“All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.”
Other meanings
The post or position of chairperson.
“The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.”
The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
“My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "καθέδρα".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chair” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.