studio couch
- noun
- /ˈstuːdioʊ kaʊtʃ/
:
sofá cama
- Fred, an only child, grew up sleeping on a studio couch in the family's one-bedroom furnished apartment.
Examples
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June, lying on a studio couch with a remote control in her hand, looking at the actress:
Fiction book (1992) -
At the apartment, I showed him the room with the studio couch.
Fiction book (1999) -
I fell asleep on the studio couch in front of a fan, which drowned out the sound of their voices as they cleaned up from dinner.
Fiction book (1991) -
Framed museum posters were arranged over a studio couch that was covered in bright red velour and piled with vividly assorted throw pillows.
Fiction book (1991) -
I felt that sitting there on one of the comfy studio couches (provided by the auspices of the talented Mr. Tim Moore of Mas Music Productions in Highland Park... plug!) equated to not being fully engaged.
Blog text (28) -
The studio couch in the living room easily converts into a bed for guests.
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After a long day, I like to relax on my studio couch with a good book.
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Guests can sleep comfortably after a late-night party on the studio couch.
Synonyms
5
2.6
A large seat with soft cushions for two or more people that opens into a bed
3
3.4
A long seat like a couch that you can use as a bed
1
8.4
A large sofa that can fold out into a bed
1
3.5
A sofa that you can use for sitting by day and sleeping at night
A low couch without arms that you can sleep on at night
How Convertible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'studio couch' transparently signals a couch associated with a studio (i.e., a sofa intended for a small one-room apartment), so a B1 learner would grasp the location/purpose relation from the constituents. However, the specific notion that it is designed to convert into a double bed (sofa‑bed) is not directly predictable from 'studio' + 'couch' and could be ambiguous without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Studio couch comes from small studio apartments where a couch must do two jobs: sit by day and turn into a bed at night. That's why the name means a couch that easily converts into a double bed.