SETTEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does settee mean? 

• SETTEE (noun)
  The noun SETTEE has 2 senses:

1. a long wooden bench with a back

2. a small sofa

  Familiarity information: SETTEE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SETTEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long wooden bench with a back

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

settee; settle

Hypernyms ("settee" is a kind of...):

bench (a long seat for more than one person)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small sofa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("settee" is a kind of...):

couch; lounge; sofa (an upholstered seat for more than one person)

 Context examples 

She was seated in a low settee under the shaded standard lamp by the piano.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had seated myself on a settee in the corner, upon the Prince’s invitation, and very glad I was to remain quiet and unnoticed, listening to the talk of these men.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then she sat upon a settee and watched the people dance.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The Prime Minister rose from the settee.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The floor was of polished tiles, with a square of red and black diapered Flemish carpet in the centre; and many settees, cushions, folding chairs, and carved bancals littered all over it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Try the settee,” said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The state-room was next the cabin, and we flocked in there and flopped down on the settees, all speaking together, for we were just mad with the feeling that we were free once more.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He sank with a deep groan on the settee and buried his face in his manacled hands.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was in Watier’s that night, seated by my uncle on one of the red velvet settees at the side of the room, that I had pointed out to me some of those singular characters whose fame and eccentricities are even now not wholly forgotten in the world.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They sat side by side upon our paper-littered settee, and it was easy to see from their worn and anxious faces that it was business of the most pressing importance which had brought them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)