seats

Noun

seat (plural seats)

1. Something to be sat upon.
   • Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
   1. A place in which to sit.
      • There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
   2. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
      • He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.
   3. A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
      • She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.
   4. (slang) An ejection seat.
      • Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance!
   5. The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
      • Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair".

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