chair

chair has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A movable single seat with a back.
• n.. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
• n.. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
• n.. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
• n.. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
• v. t.. To place in a chair.
• v. t.. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
• n.. the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
• n.. a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
• n.. a particular seat in an orchestra; "he is second chair violin"
• n.. an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
• n.. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"