bench seat
noun
: a seat in a vehicle that extends the full width of the passenger section compare bucket seat
Examples of bench seat in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Family Friendliness: The Volvo XC90 offers more safety features than its competitors, a pop-up booster seat on the center row bench seat, and for 2025, arm rests were added to the center row captain’s chairs.
—
Scotty Reiss, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026
Its living room is centered around a large bench seat and is open and uncluttered.
—New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2026
The Comfort Package included second-row captains seats and a third-row bench seat, plus memory settings for the driver, a heated steering wheel and a Bose 10-speaker CenterPoint surround sound audio system.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2026
How to Maintain a Bench Seat Sofa A bench seat sofa can be a beautiful, streamlined addition to a living room, but because it’s made with a single long cushion rather than multiple seat cushions, maintenance looks a little different.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bench seat
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Scotty Reiss, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026
Its living room is centered around a large bench seat and is open and uncluttered.
—New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2026
The Comfort Package included second-row captains seats and a third-row bench seat, plus memory settings for the driver, a heated steering wheel and a Bose 10-speaker CenterPoint surround sound audio system.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2026
How to Maintain a Bench Seat Sofa A bench seat sofa can be a beautiful, streamlined addition to a living room, but because it’s made with a single long cushion rather than multiple seat cushions, maintenance looks a little different.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bench seat
Cite this Entry
“Bench seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bench%20seat. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
