settee
pronunciation
How to pronounce settee in British English:
UK [seˈti:]
How to pronounce settee in American English:
US [sɛˈti]
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- Noun:
- a long wooden bench with a back
- a small sofa
Word Origin
- settee (n.)
- "long seat with back and arms," 1716, perhaps a variant of settle (n.), or a diminutive of set (v.) "act of setting."
Example
- 1. He looked at the three sat on the settee .
- 2. She was lying on a small settee in the parlor .
- 3. In here , in the parlor on that settee .
- 4. We sat down on the park settee and watched the human as they passed .
- 5. We bought a three-piece suite cisting of a settee , an armchair and a coffee table .