settee
noun /seˈtiː/
/seˈtiː/
(British English)- a long comfortable seat with a back and arms, for two or more people to sit on synonym sofa, couch
enlarge image- He slumped down exhausted on the settee.
- She found her glasses lying on the settee.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- comfy
- leather
- …
- sit (down) on
- lie on
- fall asleep on
- …
- on the settee
- the arm of a settee
- the back of a settee
Word Originearly 18th cent.: perhaps a fanciful variant of the noun settle.
