EJECTION SEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ejection seat mean? 

• EJECTION SEAT (noun)
  The noun EJECTION SEAT has 1 sense:

1. a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

  Familiarity information: EJECTION SEAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EJECTION SEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

capsule; ejection seat; ejector seat

Hypernyms ("ejection seat" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("ejection seat" is a part of...):

cockpit (compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft)