[
  {
    "word": "chair",
    "phonetic": "/t\u0361\u0283\u025b\u0259(\u0279)/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/t\u0361\u0283\u025b\u0259(\u0279)/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/chair-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9014318",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/t\u0361\u0283\u025b\u0259\u0279/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/chair-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1239752",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A distinguished professorship at a university.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To act as chairperson at; to preside over.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "chair",
          "officer",
          "presider",
          "presiding"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An electrically powered wheelchair.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chair",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chairperson",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electric%20chair"
    ]
  }
]