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# sofa

«sofa» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, soft seat with a back and arms, for two or more…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sofa, sofas)

### meaning for a pupil

A sofa is a long, soft seat with a back and arms, for two or more people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday home life, families sit on the sofa to read, watch TV or chat. Other words for it: couch (common in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand), settee (British). In safety, don't jump on the sofa near windows or hard edges; small objects like coins and batteries can fall down the sides, and button batteries are dangerous for little children. Phrases: on the sofa, sofa bed, sit on the sofa, hide behind the sofa (be scared watching TV).

### examples

- We curled up on the sofa to watch a film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#x1)
- The cat is asleep on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#x2)
- Grandma's sofa has flowery cushions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#x3)
- Our sofa folds out into a sofa bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#x4)
- I found a coin down the side of the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#x5)
- Please don't jump on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#x6)
- The beautiful Persian, inconsolable at his departure, sank on a sofa bathed in tears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/#x7)

### note

Plural sofas. You sit "on" the sofa, not "in" it (though "in an armchair" is used). Sofa, couch and settee mean nearly the same.

### In the corpora

- [A parent sleeping on the sofa for a few nights may mean a disagreement, or something simple like snoring or a bad back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/12/)
- [By eight o'clock Mum is asleep on the sofa with the telly still on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/3/)
- [Vivid example: in Auckland, Freya and her dad sit on the sofa with the TV menu open.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/4/)
- [Many share a sofa, and some curl up asleep on the same rug, especially if they met when young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats/2/)
- [Today they curl up on our sofas and purr.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sofa» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sofa/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.