window seat
See also: window-seat
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
window seat (plural window seats)
- A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess.
- A seat beside a window in public transport, as in a bus, train or passenger aircraft.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (seat beside a window): window
Antonyms
- (seat beside a window): aisle seat, aisle
Translations
Seat in a recess with a window
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Seat beside a window
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