window seat
Americannoun
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a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.
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a bench having two arms and no back.
noun
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a seat below a window, esp in a bay window
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a seat beside a window in a bus, train, etc
Etymology
Origin of window seat
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
From a window seat I’d watch the platform glide away as vendors shoved gossip magazines through the bars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Both airlines describe every seat along the sides of their planes as a "window seat", even when they know some are not next to a window, the documents said.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
While not everyone has the money to fly or the luck to grab a window seat, we can nonetheless celebrate the work through social media as well as traditional media outlets.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025
I sit on the window seat, looking out through the semisheer of the curtains.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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