window seat

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English

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Etymology

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From window +‎ seat.

Noun

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window seat (plural window seats)

  1. A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess.
  2. A seat beside a window in public transport, as in a bus, train or passenger aircraft.
    Synonym: window
    Coordinate terms: aisle seat, aisle
    • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 29:
      Or take an eastbound Met from King's Cross outside the rush hour, when you ought to be able to find a window seat. Again, look up, to see the beautiful brick valley made by the Metropolitan: the towering arcaded walls with brick struts going over.

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