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Showing words for CHAIRS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Chairs

chairs, ischar, rachis

5 Letter Words for Chairs

acris, arish, ashir, chair, chais, chars, chias, chria, crash, hairs

4 Letter Words for Chairs

airs, arch, arcs, aris, asci, cair, cars, cash, chai, char, chas, chia, chis, cira, cris, hair, hics, ichs, rach, rahs, rais, rash, rias, rich, risc, saic, sair, sari, scar, shia, shir, shri, sich, srac

3 Letter Words for Chairs

ach, ahi, ahs, air, ais, arc, ars, ash, cai, car, cha, chi, chs, cia, cir, cis, crs, csi, has, hia, hic, hir, his, hrs, ich, ihs, ira, irs, ish, rah, rai, ras, rha, ria, sac, sah, sai, sar, sch, sci, scr, sha, shi, shr, sic, sir, sri

Definitions for Chairs

[1] a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
[2] something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion.
[3] a seat of office or authority.
[4] a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc.
[5] the person occupying a seat of office, especially the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair.
[6] (in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair.
[7] the chair, Informal . electric chair.
[8] chairlift.
[9] sedan chair.
[10] (in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation.
[11] a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass.
[12] British Railroads . a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like.
[13] to place or seat in a chair.
[14] to install in office.
[15] to preside over; act as chairperson of: to chair a committee.
[16] British . to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph.
[17] to preside over a meeting, committee, etc.
[18] get the chair , to be sentenced to die in the electric chair.
[19] take the chair , to begin or open a meeting. to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson.
[20] a seat with a back on which one person sits, typically having four legs and often having arms
[21] an official position of authority a chair on the board of directors
[22] the person chairing a debate or meeting the speaker addressed the chair
[23] a professorship the chair of German
[24] railways an iron or steel cradle bolted to a sleeper in which the rail sits and is locked in position
[25] short for sedan chair
[26] in the chair chairing a debate or meeting
[27] take the chair to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
[28] the chair an informal name for electric chair
[29] to preside over (a meeting)
[30] British to carry aloft in a sitting position after a triumph or great achievement
[31] to provide with a chair of office
[32] to install in a chair

Words related to Chairs

chairbench, armchair, recliner, sling, rocker, cathedra, throne, chairperson, monitor, fellowship, director, tutor, helm, captain, leader, principal, tutorship, professorship, instructorship, professorate

Words nearby Chairs

chairchainplate, chainsman, chainstitch, chainwheel, chainwork, chair, chair bed, chair car, chair rail, chair table, chair warmer

Origin of Chairs

1250–1300; Middle English chaiere < Old French < Latin cathedra; see cathedra

Words that may be confused with Chairs

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, chairchair, chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, (see, usage, note, at, chairperson)

Other words from Chairs

chair·less , adjective
un·chair , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Chairs

C13: from Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra, from Greek kathedra, from kata- down + hedra seat; compare cathedral

Synonyms for Chairs

armchair, bench, recliner, cathedra, rocker, sling