HOT SEAT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
    Hypernyms(s) hot seat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • an instrument of execution by electrocution
    • resembles a chair
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
    Hypernyms(s) hot seat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower