Definitions for chairs
cha·irs

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1. chairs

   A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest. They may be made of wood, metal, or synthetic materials, and may be padded or upholstered in various colors and fabrics. Chairs vary in design. An armchair has armrests fixed to the seat; a recliner is upholstered and features a mechanism that lowers the chair's back and raises into place a footrest; a rocking chair has legs fixed to two long curved slats; and a wheelchair has wheels fixed to an axis under the seat.

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1. chairsnoun

   Plural noun of the word chair.

   The chairs in the school hall were used for assembly, parent teacher meetings, concerts, lunch time and other purposes.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 3, 2016  

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1. CHAIRS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chairs is ranked #58735 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Chairs surname appeared 345 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chairs.
   
   68.1% or 235 total occurrences were Black.
   19.4% or 67 total occurrences were White.
   6.6% or 23 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   4.3% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chairs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4841

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chairs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2686

Anagrams for chairs »

1. rachis

2. Sirach

How to pronounce chairs?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chairs in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chairs in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chairs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of chairs in a Sentence

1. Ed Warner:

   Following yesterday's peremptory, unconstitutional actions by the HCA chairs, my six independent director colleagues and I have decided to resign from the board of British Basketball with immediate effect.

2. Daniel Wetrin:

   Chairs were flying around, people were flying, bags, (it was) pretty chaotic, there were two people above our heads in the luggage rack.

3. David Segre:

   So all the chairs... they were slipping backward. And as gravity works they started to go faster and faster and people were jumping off at the lower levels.

4. Paul Ryan:

   We expect compliance, i'm still getting daily reports from our committee chairs about the progress on the compliance.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairs
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html