SOFA

sofa, couch, lounge

(noun) an upholstered seat for more than one person

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (furniture): couch, lounge, divan, settee

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• 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



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