potty seat
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- noun
- /ˈpɑti sit/
- Baby Talk
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asiento para orinar
- Give me the bad mother award, but we plopped their potty seat in front of a kid video a couple of times a day until they went.
Examples
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Second, I don't want to train a kid on a 'potty seat' then train again on a real toilet.
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One piece of advice that is crucial: consider placing her backwards on the grown-up potty whenever you're not using a clip-on potty seat.
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I recommend getting a toilet seat with a potty seat built in.
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There sat Jimmy Lee on the potty seat, holding a towel up over his face.
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After that, we bought a potty seat and let her sit on it when she wanted, as well as wipe and flush.
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We also had a foldable potty seat for away from home.
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She seemed up for it until the potty seat was cold one day; she sat on it, popped right back up, and wouldn't go near it again until she was 2-1/2.
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When my son started potty training, we bought a potty seat to help him learn to use the toilet.
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The potty seat was designed to fit securely on top of the regular toilet, making it easier for my daughter.
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To make toilet training easier, we took a portable potty seat with us when we traveled.
Synonyms
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A small toilet that young children use while learning
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A small seat a child sits on to pee or poo when learning to use the toilet
How Comfortable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small seat used by young children for toilet training' is directly and transparently built from 'potty' (a toddler toilet) + 'seat' (a place to sit), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer this. This straightforward noun+ noun compound follows common compounding patterns cross-linguistically, making it easily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Potty seat comes from the small child word potty, meaning a little pot or low chair used for toilet needs, and the word seat for something to sit on. Imagine a tiny seat or a ring that fits on a toilet for a toddler, so it means 'a small seat used to help young children learn to use the toilet'.