couch

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Claude declared that their couch was as soft as a bridal bed.

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  1. noun A sofa.
  2. noun A sofa on which a patient lies while undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment.
  3. noun The frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting.
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  • In front of the couch was a low glass table on which was an unopened order book. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • I knew what he meant; the couch was a maroon relic of the 1930s with badly sprung springs. —  muller 10 fixed
  • On the couch was a rumpled yellow blanket and a lumpy pillow. —  FSF,July2008
  • Wedged under the couch was a narrow tin box, of the size to hold standard file folders. —  A Fine and Bitter Snow
  • The vampire on the couch is already flipping through the channels. —  FSF,September2005
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sofa ·  chair ·  cushion ·  carpet ·  bench ·  furniture ·  desk ·  stool ·  mattress ·  curtain ·  cot ·  lounge

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couch:   couches ·  couching ·  couched
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  1. Middle English couche, from Old French culche, couche, from couchier, to lay down, lie down, from Latin collocāre; see collocate.

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  1. from Middle English couchen, lay, place, set, reflexive lay one's self down, intransitive lie down, from Old French coucher, couchier, colcher, French coucher = Provencal colcar, colgar = Italian colcare, collocare, lay, place, from Latin collocare, place together, from com-, together, + locare, place, from locus, a place: see locus, locate, and cf. collocate.
  2. from Middle English couche, cowche, lair, from Old French couche, colche, French couche = Provencal colga, a bed, couch; from the verb.
  3. Short for couch-grass, q. v.
  4. from couch, n.
 

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