love seat

American  

noun

1. a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.

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love seat British  

noun

1. a small upholstered sofa for two people

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Etymology

Origin of love seat

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Bethany: We did reject our first velvet love seat, princesses-like, as too soft.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

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

Guests sat inside, on an enveloping Maker & Son armchair and love seat that flanked the structure’s wood-burning stove, or chatted beside a nearby bonfire.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2021

And maybe a love seat too, that folded out to a bed, in case anyone wanted to stay.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen