SEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seat mean? 

• SEAT (noun)
  The noun SEAT has 6 senses:

1. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
3. furniture that is designed for sitting on
4. any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
5. a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
6. the cloth covering for the buttocks

  Familiarity information: SEAT used as a noun is common.

• SEAT (verb)
  The verb SEAT has 5 senses:

1. show to a seat; assign a seat for
2. be able to seat
3. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
4. put a seat on a chair
5. provide with seats

  Familiarity information: SEAT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEAT (noun)

Meaning:

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

seat; place

Context examples:

he booked their seats in advance / he sat in someone else's place

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

space (an area reserved for some particular purpose)

Domain category:

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

perch (an elevated place serving as a seat)

Meaning:

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

rear end; derriere; fanny; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; buttocks; posterior; arse; ass; prat; behind; tush; tooshie; buns; backside; seat; fundament; bottom; tail end; stern; rump; butt; tail; can; bum; rear

Context examples:

he deserves a good kick in the butt / are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("seat" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

Meaning:

Furniture that is designed for sitting on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

there were not enough seats for all the guests

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)

Meronyms (parts of "seat"):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

upholstery (covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

toilet seat (the hinged seat on a toilet)

stool (a simple seat without a back or arms)

couch; lounge; sofa (an upholstered seat for more than one person)

hassock; ottoman; pouf; pouffe; puff (thick cushion used as a seat)

chair (a seat for one person, with a support for the back)

box seat (a special seat in a theater or grandstand box)

box; box seat (the driver's seat on a coach)

bench ((law) the seat for judges in a courtroom)

bench (a long seat for more than one person)

Instance hyponyms:

Siege Perilous (the legendary seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight who would find the Holy Grail; it was fatal for anyone else to sit in it)

Holonyms ("seat" is a member of...):

seating; seating area; seating room; seats (an area that includes places where several people can sit)

Meaning:

Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he dusted off the seat before sitting down

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

backbench (any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons)

houdah; howdah (a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant)

jump seat (a folding seat in an automobile)

pillion (a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.)

plane seat (a seat on a commercial airliner)

rumble (a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage)

rumble seat (a folding outside seat in the back of some early cars)

saddle (a seat for the rider of a horse)

sliding seat (rower's seat that slides fore and aft)

front bench (any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers)

capsule; ejection seat; ejector seat (a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute)

backseat (a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile))

balloon seat; bell seat (a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs))

bicycle seat; saddle (a seat for the rider of a bicycle)

boatswain's chair; bosun's chair (a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship)

bucket seat (a low single seat as in cars or planes)

car seat (a seat in a car)

cockpit (seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car)

crossbench (any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the opposition)

Holonyms ("seat" is a part of...):

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

Meaning:

A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

capital (a seat of government)

county courthouse; county seat (the town or city that is the seat of government for a county)

county town; shire town (the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire)

see (the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located)

Instance hyponyms:

La Paz (city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia)

Meaning:

The cloth covering for the buttocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the seat of his pants was worn through

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

cloth covering (a covering made of cloth)

Holonyms ("seat" is a part of...):

skirt (cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist)

pant; trouser ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately)

• SEAT (verb)

Meaning:

Show to a seat; assign a seat for

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

seat; sit down; sit

Context example:

The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Cause:

sit; sit down (be seated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seat"):

reseat (show to a different seat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Meaning:

Be able to seat

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The theater seats 2,000

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

accommodate; admit; hold (have room for; hold without crowding)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Meaning:

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

induct; seat; invest

Context example:

there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

install (put into an office or a position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Meaning:

Put a seat on a chair

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)

Domain category:

cabinetry; cabinetwork (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seat"):

reseat (provide with a new seat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Provide with seats

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

seat a concert hall

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)

Domain category:

architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seat"):

reseat (provide with new seats)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something