SOFA

sofa. Sofa, n. a splendid seat covered with carpets, seat, bed

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So″fa (?), n.; pl. Sofas (#). [[Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It. sofà.]] 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.