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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Bob Beresh saw the explosion from his window seat on a Delta Air Lines flight from Barbados to Atlanta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
She moved to the Palisades when her son, now 23, was 2 years old and was enchanted by the big, circular window with a window seat in the fairy-tale-themed children’s section.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have been sued by passengers who claim they were charged extra for a window seat but found themselves sitting next to a blank wall.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Finn imagined Roza sitting on a bus or perched in the window seat of a plane, blue sky behind her.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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