: a long upholstered seat usually with arms and a back and often convertible into a bed
Examples of sofa in a Sentence
I curled up on the sofa with a book.
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The Mex Cube sofa by Piero Lissoni is upholstered in a matching hue, and an Utrecht armchair offsets the earth tones with striking royal blue.
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Ludovica Stevan, Architectural Digest, 5 Apr. 2026
Sculptural sofas often look complete without pillows.
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
For Brian Mazzilli of Plymouth, Massachusetts, that could mean a $3,800 refund for a living room sofa and coffee table.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
The border ran right through a sofa in their kitchen.
—Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Ludovica Stevan, Architectural Digest, 5 Apr. 2026
Sculptural sofas often look complete without pillows.
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
For Brian Mazzilli of Plymouth, Massachusetts, that could mean a $3,800 refund for a living room sofa and coffee table.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
The border ran right through a sofa in their kitchen.
—Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Sofa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sofa. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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sofa
noun
so·fa
ˈsō-fə 
: a long upholstered seat usually with arms and a back and often convertible into a bed
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