sofa

[soh-fuh]

noun

1. a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.

sofa

/ ˈsəʊfə /

noun

1. an upholstered seat with back and arms for two or more people

Word History and Origins

Origin of sofa¹

1615–25; < Turkish < Arabic ṣuffah platform used as a seat

Word History and Origins

Origin of sofa¹

C17 (in the sense: dais upholstered as a seat): from Arabic suffah

Example Sentences

A comfy chair and a sofa faced a darkened electronic screen.

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The head of Congress has demanded that MP Lucinda Vasquez be punished after she was photographed lounging on a sofa in her office while an adviser gave her a pedicure.

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Scott Pask’s minimalist set for Mr. Hunter’s drama—a gray sofa and a ceiling fan overhead—is as stark as the largely bare spaces in which most Beckett plays take place.

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The factory will attempt to source all of its components from other suppliers in North Carolina, building sofas and chairs that middle-class consumers can afford.

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"I stood up from the sofa and suddenly felt things shift," she recalls.

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• settee