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- settee 1
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: a long seat with a back
2
: a medium-sized sofa with arms and a back
Examples of settee in a Sentence
the young couple snuggled on the settee
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The furniture is made of mahogany, teak and rattan and includes upholstered seating, accent tables, benches and settees and handwoven rugs.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
On the white brick wall behind the bar hung what looked like a triptych of a swan on a pink settee.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Hefty stone fireplaces and exposed travertine door frames share space with chandeliers of pink beaded glass, as well as low-slung lounge chairs and settees.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
By Southern law, enslaved people were property, like a plow horse or a prized settee, bought and sold or passed down from one family member to another.
—David Wright Faladé, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
On the white brick wall behind the bar hung what looked like a triptych of a swan on a pink settee.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Hefty stone fireplaces and exposed travertine door frames share space with chandeliers of pink beaded glass, as well as low-slung lounge chairs and settees.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
By Southern law, enslaved people were property, like a plow horse or a prized settee, bought and sold or passed down from one family member to another.
—David Wright Faladé, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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“Settee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settee. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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settee
noun
set·tee
se-ˈtē 
1
: a long seat with a back
2
: a medium-sized sofa with arms and a back
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