as in couch
a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters
we seated ourselves on the davenport while we waited for him to get ready
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Recent Examples of davenport
A decade later, the rollicking races were inspired by a different davenport, an eponym for a large, upholstered sofa like those manufactured by the A.H. Davenport Co. furniture company in East Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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oregonlive, 30 July 2022
Especially if your grandparents liked wall-to-wall gray wool carpeting, dark colonial-style furniture and the odd splash of color from a banana-leaf patterned davenport – or a loud Hawaiian bowling shirt.
—Mark Gauert, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Mar. 2021
oregonlive, 30 July 2022
Especially if your grandparents liked wall-to-wall gray wool carpeting, dark colonial-style furniture and the odd splash of color from a banana-leaf patterned davenport – or a loud Hawaiian bowling shirt.
—Mark Gauert, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for davenport
Noun
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At the same time, Iryna also was a notorious homebody who often seemed happiest just spending time with family or curling up on the couch or her bed with her sketchbook.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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A lot of the scenes were shot on the famous orange couch, where the friends shared some of their best one-liners and stories.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Both Gage and Jenkins laud opulent or jewel tones as a great place to start when building a room out from a maximalist sofa.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
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Woman sitting on sofa using laptop to video call doctor while holding pills.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Davenport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/davenport. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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