CHAIR
What does "CHAIR" mean?
A seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
Meanings
- A piece of furniture for one person to sit on, usually with a back. Pull up a chair and join us at the table.
- The person who presides over a meeting, committee, or organization. The chair called the meeting to order.
- A professorship or named academic post. She holds the chair of medieval history at the university. formal
- To preside over a meeting or committee. He agreed to chair the fundraising committee.
Did you know?
- A cathedral is named for a chair: both 'chair' and 'cathedral' come from Greek 'kathedra' ('seat'), and a cathedral is simply the church that holds the bishop's official seat, the 'cathedra'.
Word origin
From Old French 'chaiere', from Latin 'cathedra' ('seat, chair of office'), from Greek 'kathedra' ('seat'); the same root gives 'cathedral', the church that houses a bishop's seat.
Remember it
CHAIR holds 'AIR' - and a good chair leaves you sitting comfortably, light as air.
A little poem
Four wooden legs wait
in the empty kitchen light-
still warm from your shape.
haiku
Wordplay
- They elected me chair of the committee. Honestly, I just wanted somewhere to sit.
What it teaches
Whoever holds the chair holds the room - authority is mostly the seat we agree to grant.
Quick facts
What does CHAIR mean?
A seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
Is CHAIR a valid word?
Yes — CHAIR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHAIR?
CHAIR has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHAIR come from?
From Old French 'chaiere', from Latin 'cathedra' ('seat, chair of office'), from Greek 'kathedra' ('seat'); the same root gives 'cathedral', the church that houses a bishop's seat.
What can CHAIR teach us?
Whoever holds the chair holds the room - authority is mostly the seat we agree to grant.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.