chair : Idioms & Phrases

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barber chair

  • noun a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers
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Bath chair

  • noun a wheelchair usually pushed by an attendant, as at a spa
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  • a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. "People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their Bath chairs." Dickens.
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beach chair

  • noun a folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas
    beach chair.
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boatswain's chair

  • noun a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship
    boatswain's chair.
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bosun's chair

  • noun a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship
    boatswain's chair.
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Camp chair

  • noun a light folding chair
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  • a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet.
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captain's chair

  • noun a wooden armchair with a saddle seat and a low back that has vertical spindles
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chair car

  • noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs
    drawing-room car; palace car; parlor car; parlour car.
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Chair days

  • days of repose and age.
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chair lift

  • noun a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
    chairlift.
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chair of state

  • noun a ceremonial chair for an exalted or powerful person
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death chair

  • noun an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
    chair; death chair; hot seat.
    • the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
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deck chair

  • noun a folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas
    beach chair.
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eames chair

  • noun a chair designed by Charles Eames; originally made of molded plywood; seat and back shaped to fit the human body
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easy chair

  • noun a comfortable upholstered armchair
    lounge chair; easy chair.
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easy-chair

Eas"y-chair` noun
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  1. An armichair for ease or repose. "Laugh . . . in Rabelais' easy-chair." Pope.
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electric chair

  • noun an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
    chair; death chair; hot seat.
    • the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
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feeding chair

  • noun a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray
    highchair.
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fighting chair

  • noun a fixed chair from which a saltwater angler can fight a hooked fish
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Folding chair

  • noun a chair that can be folded flat for storage
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  • a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair.
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garden chair

  • noun chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden
    garden chair.
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Joint chair

  • (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails.
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ladder-back chair

  • noun a chair with a ladder-back
    ladder-back.
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lawn chair

  • noun chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden
    garden chair.
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lounge chair

  • noun a comfortable upholstered armchair
    lounge chair; easy chair.
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morris chair

  • noun an armchair with an adjustable back
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musical chairs

  • noun a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
    going to Jerusalem.
  • noun a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
    • the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors
    • shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment
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overstuffed chair

  • noun a comfortable upholstered armchair
    lounge chair; easy chair.
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potty chair

  • noun toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children
    potty seat.
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reclining chair

  • noun an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it
    recliner; lounger.
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rocking chair

  • noun a chair mounted on rockers
    rocker.
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rocking-chair

Rock"ing-chair` noun
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  1. A chair mounted on rockers, in which one may rock.
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sedan chair

  • noun a closed litter for one passenger
    sedan.
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side chair

  • noun a straight-backed chair without arms
    side chair.
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straight chair

  • noun a straight-backed chair without arms
    side chair.
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swivel chair

  • noun a chair that swivels on its base
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tablet-armed chair

  • noun a chair with an arm that has been widened for writing
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To put into the chair

  • to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. Macaulay.
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To take the chair

  • to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.
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Windsor chair

  • noun straight chair having a shaped seat and a back of many spindles
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  • a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair. Simmonds.
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wing chair

  • noun easy chair having wings on each side of a high back
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yacht chair

  • noun a light folding armchair for outdoor use
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