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sofa

American  
[soh-fuh] / ˈsoʊ fə /

noun

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

sofa British  
/ ˈsəʊfə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sofa

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

Example Sentences

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She was joined on the red sofa by her husband Steve, who joked that the "the first thing to go" in their new lives going forward would be the "the alarm clock".

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A filthy, ripped sofa piled with broken furniture and bags of garbage sits in the middle of the living area, a stained mattress propped up against its side.

From Literature

He said he was on the sofa watching rugby and saw the players "falling off the screen", so headed to the hospital where doctors told him he had a brain aneurysm "that started to leak".

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At its worst, it left him unable to get up off the sofa, or to shower - but he is now looking at slowly getting back to life with his young family.

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"As soon as the water hit her body she was crying out in pain and discomfort so we brought her down and let her sleep on the sofa," Emma said.

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