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name
Acronym of Standards of Fundamental Astronomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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name
Acronym of Simulation Open Framework Architecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East, Middle, archaic
Topics: architecture
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noun
An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: furniture, lifestyle
Synonyms: couch, lounge, divan, settee
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noun
A slave soldier who served in the army of the Mali Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Acronym of status of forces agreement, an agreement that allows long-term garrisoning of foreign troops in the host country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Qualifier: international relations
Topics: government, law, military, politics, war
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verb
To furnish with one or more sofas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To seat or lay down on a sofa.
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noun
an upholstered seat for more than one person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: couch, lounge
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Broader terms: seat
Narrower terms: convertible, sofa bed, daybed, divan bed, divan, love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis, settee, squab
History
Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”). Cognate with Aramaic צפא/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.
Across languages
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