arm
noun
part of a chair that you rest your arm on when you are sitting in it
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a large comfortable chair with parts for you to rest your arms on. It is often part of a set of chairs called a suite that also includes a sofa (=a long chair for two or three people).
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a chair with an arm on only one side and a long seat on which you can sit with your legs stretched out
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a large and comfortable sofa (=long chair for two or three people), especially one that can be made into a bed
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a seat or bed made from cloth with long poles, in which an important person or dead body was carried in the past
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one of the curved pieces on the bottom of a rocking chair that allow the chair to move backwards and forwards
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a chair that has two curved pieces under it, so that when someone sits on it they can move it backwards and forwards
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the way in which seats are arranged or who will sit in them, especially at a formal occasion
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the distance between the front edge of a seat and the front edge of the seat in front, for example on a plane
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a covered seat on two long poles that was used in the past for carrying an important person around
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a long wooden chair for two or three people that usually has a container under the seat for keeping things in
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a chair, especially in an office, with a seat that can turn around in a circle without you having to move the legs
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a small table that folds down from the back of the seat in front of you in a plane or train
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a comfortable chair with a high back that has pieces pointing forward at the top corners
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