window seat

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noun
  1. a seat built beneath the sill of a recessed or other window.

  2. a bench having two arms and no back.

Origin of window seat

1
First recorded in 1745–55

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How to use window seat in a sentence

  • When Loneli came back from her stroll, she saw her grandmother sitting on the window-seat, sobbing violently.

    Maezli | Johanna Spyri
  • As for me, I was already on the broad window seat, looking down into the garden.

    Dross | Henry Seton Merriman
  • The sparrow now hopped in, perched upon the window-seat, and cried, 'Carter!

    Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm

British Dictionary definitions for window seat

window seat

noun
  1. a seat below a window, esp in a bay window

  2. a seat beside a window in a bus, train, etc

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