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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If this jet lives up to its promise, the window seat could become a thing of the past, and the future of aviation might get a lot greener and faster, too. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025 There’s always a trade-off between aisle seats and window seats. Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025 The woman in the window seat reached over and poked me, telling me to stand up. Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025 June sits on a window seat and forces herself to remember it all from what now feels to her like her own beginning. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 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 8 Jun. 2025.

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