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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Mzoo Sleep Eye Mask Besides the views and having a wall to lean up against while napping, one of my favorite things about the window seat is being able to control when the window shade goes down. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025 The footage shows a woman sitting by the window seat, leaning toward the wall. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 The airport is a bustling, heaving business, and the kids fight over the window seat. Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025 The cabin is starting to fill now and a young woman in her early twenties approaches the empty window seat, the one Emmet had ambitions towards. Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025 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 29 Sep. 2025.

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