sofa, couch, lounge
(noun) an upholstered seat for more than one person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sofa (plural sofas)
(Middle East architecture, archaic) A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
(furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
• (furniture): couch, lounge, divan, settee
sofa (third-person singular simple present sofas, present participle sofaing, simple past and past participle sofaed)
To furnish with one or more sofas.
To seat or lay down on a sofa.
• OFAs, as of, oafs
Source: Wiktionary
So"fa, n.; pl. Sofas. Etym: [Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It.sofĂ .]
Definition: A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; - - much used as a comfortable piece of furniture. Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. Cowper. Sofa bed, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed;
– called also sofa bedstead.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
