1
a
: the privy council of the Ottoman Empire
b
: council
2
: a council chamber
3
: a large couch usually without back or arms often designed for use as a bed
4
: a collection of poems in Persian or Arabic usually by one author
Examples of divan in a Sentence
whenever I stayed over at their house I usually slept on the divan in the living room
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Victorian fainting couches, rattan divans, or an Elvis-image lacquered toilet seat?
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Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
The 23-foot-long cabin interior features plenty of passenger perks, too, like an integrated cabin management system with a controller, a 3-D moving map, improved audio and mood lighting, and a side-facing divan that passengers can convert into a bed.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
Victorian fainting couches, rattan divans, or an Elvis-image lacquered toilet seat?
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
In the Phillips Collection work, the painter’s chair is empty and Laurette, on the divan, has shed her clothes.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
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Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
The 23-foot-long cabin interior features plenty of passenger perks, too, like an integrated cabin management system with a controller, a 3-D moving map, improved audio and mood lighting, and a side-facing divan that passengers can convert into a bed.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
Victorian fainting couches, rattan divans, or an Elvis-image lacquered toilet seat?
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
In the Phillips Collection work, the painter’s chair is empty and Laurette, on the divan, has shed her clothes.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for divan
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“Divan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divan. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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