a backless sofa or couch, designed to be set against a wall
b.
a bed resembling such a couch
2.
(esp formerly) a room for smoking and drinking, as in a coffee shop
3.
a.
a Muslim law court, council chamber, or counting house
b.
a Muslim council of state
4.
a collection of poems
5.
(in Muslim law) an account book
Also called (for senses 2–5): diwan
Word origin
C16: from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān
Examples of 'divan bed' in a sentence
divan bed
Police finally discovered him hiding in the false base of a divan bed.
The Sun (2009)
She was found hidden in the base of a divan bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Boost your storage by buying inexpensive divan bed bases with drawers.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
She was found 24 days later at a home a mile away, hidden in a divan bed base.
The Sun (2008)
She was discovered three weeks later in the base of a divan bed at a flat one mile from her home.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They love to live under gappy floorboards, they love horrible, fabric-covered divan beds like mine, they love books, picture frames, the insides of alarm clocks.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The report also found people at high risk of pressure sores because they were sleeping on old beds or divan beds.