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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SO'FA, n. [probably an oriental word.] An elegant long seat, usually with a stuffed bottom. Sofas are variously made. In the United States, the frame of stuffed cloth, with a covering of silk, chintz. calico or hair-cloth. The sofa of the orientals is a kind of alcove raised half a foot above the floor, where visitors of distinction are received. It is also a seat by the side of the room covered with a carpet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa, couch, lounge]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: earlier, raised carpeted floor, from Italian sofà, from Turkish sofa, from Arabic ?uffa carpet, divan Date: 1717 a long upholstered seat usually with arms and a back and often convertible into a bed

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a long upholstered seat with a back and arms, for two or more people. Phrases and idioms: sofa bed a sofa that can be converted into a temporary bed. Etymology: F, ult. f. Arab. suffa

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sofa So"fa, n.; pl. Sofas. [Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It. sof[`a].] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sofas) A sofa is a long, comfortable seat with a back and usually with arms, which two or three people can sit on. = settee, couch N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Couch, seat to recline on.

Moby Thesaurus

bed, bedstead, bunk, chesterfield, couch, davenport, day bed, divan, doss, gurney, kip, litter, lounge, love seat, ottoman, settee, settle, spoonholder, squab, stretcher, studio couch, tete-a-tete, the hay, the sack