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car seat
noun
: a portable seat for an infant or a small child that attaches to an automobile seat and holds the child safely
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This is one of the time periods where families have to spend a lot of money on novel things, like car seats and strollers and diapers ... and there's lots of other out of pocket expenses, like medical care.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
Center seats easily slide and tilt forward for third row access and two sets of lower anchors in the center row allow for attaching child car seats.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Smith killed her sons by rolling her car into a lake in South Carolina while they were restrained in car seats.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Smith eventually admitted to rolling her Mazda down a boat ramp and into the water with her sons strapped into their car seats.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1968, in the meaning defined above
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“Car seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20seat. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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car seat
noun
: a portable seat for an infant or a small child that attaches to an automobile seat and holds the child safely
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