ejection seat

noun

A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.

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ejector seatcapsule
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Meanings

nounejection seat (plural ejection seats)

plural ejection seats

  1. A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.

    Synonyms: ejector seat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.

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ejector seat

More synonyms by meaning

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

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ejector seatcapsule
Broader
seat
Also see
capsuleejector seat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Danish katapultsæde
  • katapultsædeseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Dutch schietstoel
  • schietstoelseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Finnish heittoistuin
  • heittoistuinseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
French siège éjectable
  • siège éjectableseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
German Schleudersitz
  • Schleudersitzseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Indonesian kursi lenting
  • kursi lentingseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Italian seggiolino eiettabile
  • seggiolino eiettabileseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Malay kerusi lenting
  • kerusi lentingseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Norwegian Bokmål katapultsete
  • katapultseteseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Polish fotel wyrzucany
  • fotel wyrzucanyseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Portuguese assento ejetor
  • assento ejetorseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Russian катапульти́руемое кре́сло
  • катапульти́руемое кре́сло (katapulʹtírujemoje kréslo)seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Spanish asiento eyectable
  • asiento eyectableseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Swedish katapultstol
  • katapultstolseat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Ukrainian крісло-катапульта
  • крісло-катапульта (krislo-katapulʹta)seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
Cite this entry
APA

ejection seat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ejection%20seat

MLA

“ejection seat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ejection%20seat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ejection seat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ejection%20seat.

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