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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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

In an Instagram story posted Thursday, Hewitt shared a selfie of herself in a pink hoodie with an ice pack around her cheeks as she held onto her daughter’s car seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

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 couple rails against car seat laws and daycare regulations, basic common sense measures that keep children alive and safe.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025

It doesn’t matter where— the store, the post office—as long as she gets to ride in her little car seat in the back.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper