CAR SEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does car seat mean? 

• CAR SEAT (noun)
  The noun CAR SEAT has 1 sense:

1. a seat in a car

  Familiarity information: CAR SEAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAR SEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seat in a car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("car seat" is a kind of...):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

Meronyms (parts of "car seat"):

back; backrest (a support that you can lean against while sitting)

head restraint; headrest (a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash)

seat belt; seatbelt (a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "car seat"):

death seat (the car seat beside the driver of an automobile; believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident)

Holonyms ("car seat" is a part of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

 Context examples 

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you usually had trouble getting out of bed, a car seat, or a deep chair?

(MDS-UPDRS - Get Out of Bed, Car, or Deep Chair, NCI Thesaurus)

Use car seats for children.

(Motor Vehicle Safety, NIH)