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love seat

American  

noun

love seats plural
  1. a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.


love seat British  

noun

  1. a small upholstered sofa for two people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of love seat

First recorded in 1900–05

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A blue love seat in the kitchen/living room is the spot to sit, eat or watch television.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2023

Twenty-five minutes after the first contraction and two pushes later, she delivered her daughter, alone, on her tan love seat.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2023

When I was young—five, maybe six—I was sure I'd levitated between the sofa and love seat of my childhood home, crashing to the ground when the clop of my father's footsteps severed my concentration.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2022

Catherine Graham had already won a firepit and a love seat when she was picked to go on stage and play “Side By Side” with host Drew Carey.

From Seattle Times Feb. 10, 2022

She shoved the love seat away from the picture window, took a deep breath, reached back, and swung the bar as hard as she could.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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