Settee

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  • noun. A long wooden bench with a back.
  • noun. A small or medium-sized sofa.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A seat or bench of a particular form.
  • noun. A small part taken off from a long and large sofa by a kind of arm: thus, a long sofa may have a settee at each end partly cut off from the body of the piece.
  • noun. A vessel with one deck and a very long sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used on the Mediterranean.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
  • noun. A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
  • noun. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a long wooden bench with a back
  • noun. a small sofa
  • Word Usage
    "The question for any couple reduced to long-term settee status is how much bitterness must there be to make the settee preferable to the bed?"
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    couch  divan  sofa  
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    bench  couch  lounge  sofa  
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    sea  
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