sofa

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ battered

▪ comfortable, comfy (informal), plush, soft

▪ overstuffed

▪

Amy collapsed on her overstuffed leather sofa.

▪ deep, low-slung (AmE)

▪

She sank into the deep sofa.

▪ chintz, leather, etc.

▪ three-seater, two-seater, etc.

▪ convertible, sleeper (AmE)

▪

The convertible sofa means that the apartment can sleep four.

▪ living-room

▪

I was lying on my living-room sofa.

VERB + SOFA

▪ collapse on/onto, flop (down) on/onto, settle (down) on, sink (down) into/on/onto, sit (down) on, slump (down) on/onto

▪

He slumped back on the sofa in tears.

▪ be sprawled (out) on, lie on, lounge on, recline on, stretch out on

▪

I spent the evening sprawled on the sofa, watching TV.

▪ get up from, jump up from, rise from

▪

He got up from the sofa to fetch some drinks.

▪ hide behind

▪

I might have to hide behind the sofa if the movie gets too scary!

SOFA + NOUN

▪ bed

▪ cushion

PREPOSITION

▪ on the sofa

▪

She was curled up on the sofa.

▪

I fell asleep on the sofa.

▪

I don't mind sleeping on the sofa.

PHRASES

▪ the arm of a/the sofa, the back of a/the sofa, the edge of a/the sofa, the side of a/the sofa