sofa UK /ˈsəʊ̯fə/US /ˈsoʊ̯fə/noun 3verb 2forms 4 noun3 •a long soft seat that two or more people can share, and that has a back and an arm at one end or at bothHe bought a big sofa two days before his relatives arrived. •(historical) A slave soldier who served in the army of the Mali Empire. •(no longer used) A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting. verb2 •To seat or lay down on a sofa.A few, feeble words—my first—to tell you I have left my room this morning and am shaven and shorn and dressed and sofaed in my writing room, after a terrible ten days or more. — 1880 •To furnish with one or more sofas.I and another therefore entirely occupied our stateroom, which was sofaed round, being just large enough for two to lie down and a third to sit with his feet up and his head on his knees. — 1893 formssofaed · sofaing · sofas · SOFAs
SOFA noun1 •Acronym of status of forces agreement, an agreement that allows long-term garrisoning of foreign troops in the host country. formsSOFAs