backseat
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- noun
- /ˈbækˌsiːt/
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asiento trasero
- As we drove, I could see my dog resting comfortably in the backseat.
- backseat of the car
Do you want to ride in the backseat of a Getty?
- Do you want to ride in the backseat of a Getty?
- It was these two Hispanic ladies that he must have been in the backseat.
- I remember listening to this in the backseat of a cab in Panama with my boot.
- And so now I must climb into the backseat.
- So when I start heading home from the airport, I get nauseous in the backseat on my phone for too long.
- I made some luggage with me as well, backseat footwells, passenger seat footwell, completely full.
- You're driving on the highway late at night when suddenly a hideous old man rises up in your backseat and says you should go back to your job at the meatpacking plant.
- Just pick yourself in a convertible with some nice sunglasses and some flowers in the backseat and you're just in this ride and you are enjoying this beautiful view.
- And then you're just, oh, yeah, in the backseat.
Examples
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Jimmy and I squeezed ourselves into the backseat with our cartons and suitcases.
Fiction book (1990) -
Honey, get in the backseat.
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It's got a big backseat with a couple of kids.
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'Yes, it's in the backseat of the car.'
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I want you to get into the backseat, 'cause I want Annie to ride up front with me.
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There was an animal carrier in the backseat, and I just assumed there was a dog in it.
Academic text (2017) -
We're in the backseat of your wife's car, on the way to the hospital.
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"I leaned my head against the backseat window and closed my eyes.
Fiction book (1993) -
The kids pinch and tease each other in the backseat, adding to the racket.
Fiction book (1993) -
Marissa paid the taxi driver while sitting in the backseat, shoving the money through the Plexiglas divider.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A small folding seat in a vehicle used for extra passengers
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An extra place to sit at the back of an old car that folds and is open to the air
A small fold-out seat at the back of an old two-seat car
A small fold-out seat at the back of an old two-seat car
A small extra folding seat at the back of a two-seat car often open to the weather
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backseat is made of two simple parts, back ('the rear') and seat ('a place to sit'). It names the seat behind the front seats of a car, so it means the place at the back of a vehicle.