Chair is a piece of furniture for sitting, consisting of a seat, a back, and
sometimes arm rests, commonly for use by one person. Chairs also often have four
legs to support the seat raised above the floor. Without back and arm rests it
is called a stool. A chair for more than one person is a couch, sofa, settee,
loveseat, recliner (two-seater without arm rest in between) or bench. A separate
footrest for a chair is known as an ottoman, hassock or poof. A chair mounted in
a vehicle or in a theater is simply called a seat. Chairs as furniture typically
can be moved.
The back often does not extend all the way to the seat to allow for ventilation.
Likewise, the back and sometimes the seat are made of porous materials or have
holes drilled in them for decoration and ventilation.
The back may extend above the height of the head. There may be separate
headrests. Headrests for seats in vehicles are important for preventing whiplash
injuries to the neck when the vehicle is involved in a rear-end collision.
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