Thesaurus results for DAVENPORT

davenport

noun

ˈda-vᵊn-ˌpȯrt

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. —

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

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Noun

Set near the foot of South Mountain and its 100 miles of trails, Wonderift adopts an earthy ethos, recycling grounds and providing a no-velvet-couch, no-frills hangout to hikers.

— Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
Thao’s toddler grandson was napping on the couch when the immigration agents broke through the door on a Sunday afternoon and forced their way in with guns drawn, according to the family.

— Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026