Noun Definition

seat

1.Definition: a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

Category: Places

2.Definition: a part of a machine that supports or guides another part

Category: Objects

3.Definition: a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

"He booked their seats in advance", "He sat in someone else's place"

Related Noun(s):place

Category: Places

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

"He dusted off the seat before sitting down"

Category: Objects

5.Definition: furniture that is designed for sitting on

"There were not enough seats for all the guests"

Category: Objects

6.Definition: the cloth covering for the buttocks

"The seat of his pants was worn through"

Category: Objects

7.Definition: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Related Noun(s):backside, behind, bottom, buns, buttocks, can, derriere, fundament, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rump, stern, tail, tooshie, tush

Category: General

8.Definition: the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body

"He was elected to a seat in the Senate"

Category: General

9.Definition: the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based

"The brain is said to be the seat of reason"

Category: Places