car seat
Americannoun
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a removable seat designed to hold a small child safely while riding in an automobile and that usually attaches to a standard seat with hooks or straps.
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a removable cushion or pad for a driver or passenger to sit on while traveling by automobile, to give extra height or comfort.
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It’s got two young lovers carving their names into car seat leather, and it’s got a girl trying to impress her boyfriend’s older sister with her cynical humor and her taste in yacht rock.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
The Newbys turned the baby over to Barnes in the parking lot of the Raleigh airport, along with diapers and a car seat.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
He buckles Maisie into her car seat while Niko studies a swarm of ants devouring cookie crumbs on their driveway.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025
She had a dirty-faced kid in a car seat.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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