window seat

noun

1
: a seat built into a window recess
2
: a seat next to a window (as in a bus or airplane)

Examples of window seat in a Sentence

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The window seat gets one armrest and a window; the aisle seat gets one armrest and the ability to use the bathroom without asking others to move. Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024 Choose a window seat on a plane or train that looks forward or is near a wing. Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2024 Creaking floorboards link each room, with the corridors lined with window seats, wooden benches and Moroccan-style rugs. Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 Find a window seat kept warm by a sheepskin rug and enjoy fiskesuppe, a traditional soup made with cream, butter, flour, potatoes, carrots, and fish, with mountain views stretching before you. Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for window seat 

Word History

First Known Use

1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of window seat was in 1745

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“Window seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window%20seat. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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