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Sofas

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.

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sofas

n. (plural of sofa English)

Usage examples of "sofas".

But the others clung to the backs of the sofas and did not seem to mind the motion as long as they were not tipped out.

They tumbled into the cushioned seats of the sofas as quickly as possible, and Tip gave the word to the Gump to start.

The antlered head was again hung over the mantle-piece in the hall, and the sofas were untied and placed in the reception parlors.

And it seems to me it is more important to bring the legs of the sofas to life than the head.

White sofas, white chairs, bookshelves built in simple cubic sections, painted with the same white paint that had been used on the walls.

It was about twelve by twelve and heavily furnished with armchairs and sofas and glass-fronted chest-high cabinets filled with china ornaments.

There was a sitting room at one end with two sofas in pale floral patterns.

They felt like sofas, wide enough for him to squirm left and right without bruising bis hips against the arms.

She loved the elegant way he draped himself over sofas and window seats, and suddenly dropped off to sleep like a puppy.

Here the cheerful serenity of primrose-yellow curtains and walls and drained blue and white striped sofas and chairs was somewhat marred by savage hunting scenes of lions and bears fighting off packs of dogs and men with spears.

As the soundtrack of Rannaldini's film of Don Giovanni flooded the tower and its surrounding woodland, Flora bounded up a spiral staircase into a sitting room furnished with pale grey sofas and chairs and two high footstools covered in buttercup-yellow and crimson silk.