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

Filmed from the window seat of an airplane, the video shows an aerial view of what initially appears to be a winding river cutting through the landscape below. —Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026

There's a buzz as friends meet up for midweek dinners or couples take window seats. —Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Mar. 2026

Believe it or not, one of the best ways to take in the botanical scenery is from a window seat on an everyday commuter train. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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