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    BACKSEAT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)play

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("backseat" is a kind of...):

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

    Domain category:

    auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "backseat"):

    dickey; dickey-seat; dickie; dickie-seat; dicky; dicky-seat (a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A secondary or inferior position or statusplay

    Example:

    tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("backseat" is a kind of...):

    inferiority; lower rank; lower status (the state of being inferior)

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