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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Developer Guy van Rooyen is promising high-end swank, with two new restaurants and a bar, three event spaces, close to three dozen hotel rooms – and plenty of window seats to watch the airfield. Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026 Azmir had a window seat near the back. Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 Vance goes through security, boards and sits in a window seat. Evan Roberts, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026 With a window seat and views of the backyard, the sunroom proved to be one of many ideal areas for that. Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026 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 11 Mar. 2026.

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