seatback
noun
seatback is a noun meaning “The usually vertical portion of a chair or similar piece of furniture that supports the back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-A-T-B-A-C-K, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of seatback is seatbacks.
What does seatback mean?
noun
- 1
The usually vertical portion of a chair or similar piece of furniture that supports the back.
- 2
A loose ornamental covering for the back of a sofa or chair.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of seatback
- seatbacks plural
- seat back
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is seatback?
Seatback appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does seatback come from?
From seat + back.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).