seat

¹seat

noun \ˈsēt\

Definition of SEAT

1

a : a special chair of one in eminence; also : the status represented by it b : a chair, stool, or bench intended to be sat in or on c : the particular part of something on which one rests in sitting <the seat of a chair> <trouser seat> d : buttocks

2

a : a seating accommodation <a seat for the game> <a 200-seat restaurant> b : a right of sitting <lost his seat in Congress> c : membership on an exchange

3

a : a place where something specified is prevalent : center <a seat of learning> b : a place from which authority is exercised <the county seat> c : a bodily part in which some function or condition is centered <the brain as the seat of the mind>

4

: posture in or way of sitting on horseback

5

a : a part at or forming the base of something b : a part (as a socket) or surface on or in which another part or surface rests

— by the seat of one's pants

: using experience and intuition rather than mechanical aids or formal theory

Examples of SEAT

1. There were seats for six people at the table.
2. a car with leather seats
3. He used the box as a seat.
4. He couldn't find his seat in the concert hall.
5. The city recently built a new 1,000-seat theater.
6. She booked a seat on the next flight to Rome.
7. The stool's seat is broken.
8. The chairs have woven seats.
9. The Democrats gained two more seats in the last election.
10. She won a Senate seat.

Origin of SEAT

Middle English sete, from Old Norse sæti; akin to Old English gesete seat, sittan to sit

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to SEAT

Synonyms: command, headquarters

Related Words: high command; center, home; capital

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Other Furniture and Woodworking Terms

appoint, credenza, mission, settee

Rhymes with SEAT

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat