Dictionary Check: chair
"chair" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
Example:
"he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
noun
the position of professor
Example:
"he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
noun
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Example:
"address your remarks to the chairperson"
noun
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
Example:
"the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
noun
a particular seat in an orchestra
Example:
"he is second chair violin"
verb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
Example:
"She chaired the department for many years"
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