Definitions

car seat

NOUN

car safety seat for a child

Synonyms

WEAK

booster seat child seat convertible seat infant seat safety seat

Example Sentences

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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

“I feel a lot of guilt that he didn’t get the vaccination. But I couldn’t give it to him because of our circumstances,” Niveen says as she rocks her baby in a car seat.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

I pull open the back seat door, hurl in the car seat, pluck Hector into it, and thread the seat belt through it as quick as I can.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden