SOFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sofa mean? 

• SOFA (noun)
  The noun SOFA has 1 sense:

1. an upholstered seat for more than one person

  Familiarity information: SOFA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOFA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An upholstered seat for more than one person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

couch; lounge; sofa

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

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sofa"):

convertible; sofa bed (a sofa that can be converted into a bed)

daybed; divan bed (an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night)

divan (a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall))

love seat; loveseat; tete-a-tete; vis-a-vis (small sofa that seats two people)

settee (a small sofa)

squab (a soft padded sofa)

 Context examples 

The voice came from the sofa across the room, and its tones brought relief and joy to my heart, for they were those of Quincey Morris.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I shall do very well on the sofa in the library for the rest of the night.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“I won’t waste your time,” said he, raising himself upon the sofa.

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

They were actually on the same sofa, for Mrs Musgrove had most readily made room for him; they were divided only by Mrs Musgrove.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

In a few minutes Jo bounced in, laid herself on the sofa, and affected to read.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You’ll dine with us, Lestrade, and then you are welcome to the sofa until it is time for us to start.

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

When he had done it, however, he returned, and they sat together, talking, on the sofa.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The German lay upon the sofa sleeping stertorously with a strap round his upper arms and another round his legs.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. Weston and Emma were sitting together on a sofa.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Her own gentle voice speaking from the other end of the room, which was a very long one, told them that she was on the sofa.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)