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EJECTOR SEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ejector seat mean? 

EJECTOR SEAT (noun)
  The noun EJECTOR SEAT has 1 sense:

1. a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachuteplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EJECTOR SEAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

capsule; ejection seat; ejector seat

Hypernyms ("ejector 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))

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

cockpit (compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft)


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