davenport
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈdævənˌpɔrt/
- Archaic
:
sofá cama
- I would sit in her front room on her davenport with the crocheted doilies on the back and arms, my feet just barely touching the floor.
- sit on the davenport
- pink davenport
Examples
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The living room has a waxed wooden floor, rag rugs, a beige davenport, and an armchair.
Fiction book (2002) -
My father sat on the davenport.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then he lay down on the davenport to read the paper.
Fiction book (1998) -
I'm sitting on the davenport in the living room.
Academic text (2010) -
Fred waves you to the chair, then drops on the davenport with his arms behind his head.
Fiction book (2002) -
Their mother was sitting on the davenport with a blanket wrapped around her.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then my father went into the parlor and sat on the davenport.
Fiction book (1991) -
We'd settle down ostentatiously on the davenport and begin to read.
Fiction book (1997) -
They entered her living room as they would a courtroom or church sanctuary, looked around cautiously, and finally chose to sit on the davenport.
Fiction book (1998) -
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, the family gathered on the davenport to watch their favorite movie.
Synonyms
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1.0
A long comfortable seat with a back and arms for two or more people
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2.6
A large seat with soft cushions for two or more people that opens into a bed
A couch that turns into a double bed
A low couch without arms that you can sleep on at night
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Davenport for a large sofa is said to come from a furniture maker named Davenport whose sofas became very popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Because the maker's name stuck to the product, a davenport came to mean a big sofa, often one that can be opened into a bed.