Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long wooden bench with a back.
- noun A small or medium-sized sofa.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
- noun (Naut.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long
seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; asofa . - noun A
vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts withlateen sails , used in theMediterranean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
- noun a small sofa
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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?
What's Going On Mark Steel 2009
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Between the chairs and the settee was a wooden box.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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Between the chairs and the settee was a wooden box.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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Between the chairs and the settee was a wooden box.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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Between the chairs and the settee was a wooden box.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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It seems that he had dived down into what was peculiarly his kingdom, and beside him on the settee was a brand which he had brought up in the shape of a slim, flame-like young woman with a pale, intense face, youthful, and yet so worn with sin and sorrow that one read the terrible years which had left their leprous mark upon her.
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927
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It seems that he had dived down into what was peculiarly his kingdom, and beside him on the settee was a brand which he had brought up in the shape of a slim, flame-like young woman with a pale, intense face, youthful, and yet so worn with sin and sorrow that one read the terrible years which had left their leprous mark upon her.
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927
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It seems that he had dived down into what was peculiarly his kingdom, and beside him on the settee was a brand which he had brought up in the shape of a slim, flame-like young woman with a pale, intense face, youthful, and yet so worn with sin and sorrow that one read the terrible years which had left their leprous mark upon her.
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927
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It seems that he had dived down into what was peculiarly his kingdom, and beside him on the settee was a brand which he had brought up in the shape of a slim, flame-like young woman with a pale, intense face, youthful, and yet so worn with sin and sorrow that one read the terrible years which had left their leprous mark upon her.
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1927
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_In the middle of the room, a little to the right, there is a large and comfortable settee, and on the left of the settee is a table littered with books, magazines, a scent-atomizer, a small silver-framed mirror, a case of manicure instruments, a box of cigarettes and a match-stand, and other odds and ends.
The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894
chained_bear commented on the word settee
usage on Pardal.
A Sea of Words: "A decked vessel with a long pointed prow, carrying two or three lateen-rigged masts, used primarily in the eastern Mediterranean."
March 29, 2008