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child safety seat

child safety seat noun: a detachable seat intended to provide additional safety to infants and young children when riding in automobiles, now frequently mandated by law.

Noun

child safety seat (plural child safety seats)

  1. A detachable seat intended to provide additional safety to infants and young children when riding in automobiles, now frequently mandated by law.
    • DUBNER: Now, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, some officials there, after we published these findings in the New York Times, wrote a letter to the editor, and it said, "Our research consistently shows that child safety seats and booster seats significantly lower the risk of serious injury...2021 January 13, Stephen Joseph Dubner, “How Much Do We Really Care about Children?”, in Freakonomics Radio, Episode 447

Synonyms of child safety seat

Forms of child safety seat

pluralchild safety seats

Questions about child safety seat

What does child safety seat mean?
Child safety seat means a detachable seat intended to provide additional safety to infants and young children when riding in automobiles, now frequently mandated by law.
What part of speech is child safety seat?
Child safety seat is a noun.
What is the plural of child safety seat?
The plural of child safety seat is child safety seats.

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