car seat
noun
: a portable seat for an infant or a small child that attaches to an automobile seat and holds the child safely
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Another shot showed baby Josiah, 4 months, sticking his tongue out in his car seat while Zach, Jackson, and Lilah teamed up together at one of the lanes in the background. 
Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2022 Broward County Judge Peter Holden refused to allow a 911 call as evidence against Corey Gorden, who is accused of killing the 3-year-old in 2015 and returning him in his car seat to his mother as if nothing had happened. CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022 He was shot several times as Bexley watched from her car seat. Fox News, 17 Aug. 2022 Among the items lost was a stroller for Nathaniel, who sat nearby strapped in his car seat. Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 On June 18, 2014, Harris' son Cooper died of hyperthermia after spending seven hours buckled in his rear-facing car seat in the back of an SUV parked outside of his father's place of work at a Home Depot corporate office in Marietta, Ga. Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 An autopsy later concluded that the child wasn’t properly secured in the car seat and had been strangled by its chest harness. Fox News, 13 July 2022 Some qualifications are required to receive the free car seat. Post-tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2022 There are limits to how long any child can stand riding in a car seat, but those limits can be extended with some good entertainment. Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022 See More
Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2022 Broward County Judge Peter Holden refused to allow a 911 call as evidence against Corey Gorden, who is accused of killing the 3-year-old in 2015 and returning him in his car seat to his mother as if nothing had happened. CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022 He was shot several times as Bexley watched from her car seat. Fox News, 17 Aug. 2022 Among the items lost was a stroller for Nathaniel, who sat nearby strapped in his car seat. Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 On June 18, 2014, Harris' son Cooper died of hyperthermia after spending seven hours buckled in his rear-facing car seat in the back of an SUV parked outside of his father's place of work at a Home Depot corporate office in Marietta, Ga. Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 An autopsy later concluded that the child wasn’t properly secured in the car seat and had been strangled by its chest harness. Fox News, 13 July 2022 Some qualifications are required to receive the free car seat. Post-tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2022 There are limits to how long any child can stand riding in a car seat, but those limits can be extended with some good entertainment. Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1968, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
car seat
noun
: a seat for a small child that attaches to an automobile seat and holds the child safely