couch
noun/kaʊtʃ/
/kaʊtʃ/
- a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on
- He was sprawled on the living-room couch watching TV.
- They sat down on the wide couch.
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb2- She settled down to read on the huge, overstuffed couch.
- The room contained an old worn couch.
- You can sleep on the pull-out couch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- comfy
- plush
- …
- lie (down) on
- recline on
- sink back on
- …
- cushion
- pillow
- potato
- …
- on a/the couch
- a long piece of furniture like a bed, especially in a doctor’s office
- He spends several hours a week on the therapist's couch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- comfy
- plush
- …
- lie (down) on
- recline on
- sink back on
- …
- cushion
- pillow
- potato
- …
- on a/the couch
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare ‘place together’, from col- ‘together’ + locare ‘to place’.
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