Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Happening next to the dental chair during treatment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Beside the dental chair
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A dentist's assistant who helps with the inspection of the patient in the dental chair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A kind of radio cabinet for home listening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th2der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh2 Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English chairside From chair + -side.
