alteration modification
adjustment | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| hot seat | a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism |
| adjustment registration readjustment | the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
appliance contraption
contrivance
convenience
gadget
gizmo
gismo
widget | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
bell seat
balloon seat | a seat that has a bell shape (on some th century chairs) |
bicycle seat
saddle | a seat for the rider of a bicycle |
| box box seat | the driver's seat on a coach, an armed guard sat in the box with the driver |
| box seat | a special seat in a theater or grandstand box |
| bucket seat | a low single seat as in cars or planes |
| car seat | a seat in a car |
| convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items, open long hours for the convenience of customers |
| death seat | the car seat beside the driver of an automobile, believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident |
dickey dickie dicky dickey-seat
dickie-seat
dicky-seat | a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater |
ejection seat
ejector seat
capsule | a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency, then the pilot descends by parachute |
electric chair
chair death chair
hot seat | an instrument of execution by electrocution, resembles an ordinary seat for one person, the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair |
| jump seat | a folding seat in an automobile |
love seat
loveseat
tete-a-tete
vis-a-vis | small sofa that seats two people |
| mercy seat | the golden covering of the ark of the covenant |
| mercy seat | the throne of God |
| plane seat | a seat on a commercial airliner |
potty seat
potty chair | toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children |
public toilet
comfort station
public convenience
convenience public lavatory
restroom
toilet facility
wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
ringside
ringside seat | first row of seating, has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring |
| rumble seat | a folding outside seat in the back of some early cars |
| saddle seat | a chair seat that is slightly concave and sometimes has a thickened ridge in the center, the saddle seat fitted his buttocks nicely |
| seat | 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 |
| seat | furniture that is designed for sitting on, there were not enough seats for all the guests |
| seat | the cloth covering for the buttocks, the seat of his pants was worn through |
| seat | a part of a machine that supports or guides another part |
seat belt
seatbelt | a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident |
| seat cushion | a cushion that makes a seat more comfortable |
| sliding seat | rower's seat that slides fore and aft |
| tiered seat | seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front |
| toilet seat | the hinged seat on a toilet |
| window seat | a bench or similar seat built into a window recess |
| convenience | the quality of being useful and convenient, they offered the convenience of an installment plan |
| seat | the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body, he was elected to a seat in the Senate |
c buttocks
nates
arse butt
backside
bum
buns
can
fundament
hindquarters
hind end
keister
posterior
prat
rear
rear end
rump
stern
seat
tail tail end
tooshie
tush
bottom
behind
derriere
fanny
ass a d | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on, he deserves a good kick in the butt, are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? |
adjustment
accommodation
fitting | making or becoming suitable, adjusting to circumstances |
| convenience food | any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating |
| seat | the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based, the brain is said to be the seat of reason |
county seat
county courthouse | the town or city that is the seat of government for a county |
| seat place | 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 |
| seat | a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) |
| allowance adjustment | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances, an allowance for profit |
| seasonal adjustment | a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year, seasonal adjustments for housing starts must be made in mid-winter |
adaptation
adaption
adjustment | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
| marriage of convenience | a marriage for expediency rather than love |
| convenience | the state of being suitable or opportune, chairs arranged for his own convenience |
seat
sit sit down | show to a seat, assign a seat for, The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith |