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

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Choose a seat in the downstairs bistro, maybe the coveted window seat, or in the cozy sofa lounge upstairs. —Usa Today Network, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

Flyers would get assigned an A, B or C group and then a number to line up at the gate, and the higher the boarding group and number, the better their shot of getting a coveted aisle or window seat. —Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026

On 2 March 1955, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old African- American high-school student, boarded a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, taking a window seat. —The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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