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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Andrew was in a car seat in the F-150 the night Rosalba was killed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 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

Two weeks later, she drove to her friend's house, let herself in and placed her nine-month-old daughter in the living room, safely strapped into a car seat.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

And somehow in the hubbub of getting back into his car seat and arriving back at his house and having everyone exclaim over his first day of school, he never quite managed to ask.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix