Dictionary

window seat en · NOUN

Etymology

From window + seat.

Meanings

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.
   • 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. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 29:

Forms

Coordinates

aisle seat · aisle

Synonyms

window

Translations (11)

fi ikkunapaikka (seat beside a window) · de Fensterplatz (seat beside a window) · fi ikkunapenkki (seat in a recess with a window) · fr coussiège (seat in a recess with a window) · pl miejsce przy oknie (seat beside a window) · fr siège côté fenêtre (seat beside a window) · ja 窓側座席 (seat beside a window) · no vindussete (seat in a recess with a window) · cmn 靠窗座 (seat beside a window) · ja 窓側席 (seat beside a window) · ja 窓側の席 (seat beside a window)