Definition of divan in English:

divan

noun ˈdʌɪvandʌɪˈvandɪˈvan

1British A bed consisting of a base and mattress but no footboard or headboard.
Example sentencesExamples
- Long story short, I'm up to my elbow under his divan bed, when I feel a packet of tissues.
- Looking again she realised there wasn't a mattress on the bed, just a thin bedspread covering a divan, with drawers underneath.
- Sophia's on the guest divan, reading a magazine and being of absolutely no help to her mother.
- In drawers under the divan bed were four large bags of herbal cannabis and five smaller bags.
- The firm had been operating in Sutton for 22 years producing headboards and drawer divans for Silentnight.
- Some time later found the pair in Ie's chambers, sitting on a simple divan colored a subtle mauve, discussing times gone by.
- We went up to the room with an armful of blankets and set about making the divan and the bed next to it.
- Beds, which include divans, mattresses and bedsteads, were valued at £974m, with bedsteads the major growth sector in recent years.
- He found Mullen hiding inside the divan bed and he detained him until the police returned.
- He rolled out of bed and sat at the edge of the divan, looking into the mirror beside his cot.
- Beds with slatted wooden or metal bases provide better circulation of air around the mattress than divan beds.
- One of the men was found hiding in the divan unit of a bed.
- U-Rest Foam is now on record as one of Zambia's major manufacturer of divan beds, foam sheets, cushions and pillows.
- For example, instead of putting a lavish bed into the bedroom we bought a standard divan bed and had a headboard made.
2A long, low sofa without a back or arms.
Example sentencesExamples
- The room was simply furnished with a large divan facing the TV set, two comfortable looking armchairs, all surrounding a wooden table.
- When we sit for dinner it is on divans against walls covered with rich Moroccan fabrics.
- You sit on divans at low tables, as waiters in fezzes and djellebas produce dishes like magicians from velvet tagine-shaped platters.
- Opening a side door, he saw a small, ornately - furnished parlor with two divans facing each other.
- Meanwhile, back in the ‘real’ world, feast your eyes on these canine accessories, including this insane dog divan.
- They piled out into a bigger room with several worn couches and divans.
- She was lounging on a divan, and looked rather uncomfortable - like she was hurt.
- Resting on the divan in the hall, noises of loud whispers and bursts of laughter reach my ears - coming from Sophia's room.
- He looked in the direction next to the couch or divan that he was lying on, and saw a woman, sitting there next to him.
- Faced with multiple sweets and puddings, I simply reclined and used the best of the divan.
- A deep, luxurious carpet covered the floor, and several divans were situated around the room.
- She pulled the low writing desk to the divan, and reached into the jar.
- Its living room had cushions and divans, and the kind owner offered us a room for the night.
- I spotted Jonas and his friends lounging on ornate, divan couches in the ‘mirror’ room.
- She stood firm under their weight, gently ushering them back into the room and onto one of the divans.
- As an example of minimalism to the extreme, Hanson used only a cluttered desk and a divan to suggest Higgins' study.
- The cream leather seats, with chocolate faux ponyskin box stools, sit perfectly with the chocolate Nubuck two-seater divans.
- One woman stretched out on the divan lounge, thoughtfully perusing a scroll.
- She should be here soon, ‘Jamie answered offering Jude a seat on the divan.’
- Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people.
Synonyms
day bed, sofa bed
settee, sofa, couch
British put-you-up
North American davenport, studio couch
3historical A legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire or elsewhere in the Middle East.
Example sentencesExamples
- The palace comprises tall, elaborately decorated rooms where the Khan held his divans, or council meetings.
- Every year the divan, the ruling council of the Pirate Republic of Bou Regreg met to elect two officers for the year.
- The king holds court in the divan, where citizens can make requests or express complaints.

Origin

Late 16th century (in sense 3): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān 'anthology, register, court, or bench'; compare with diwan. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th century) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense 'low flat sofa or bed' (late 19th century).

The divan travelled across Europe from the court of the Ottoman Empire in the East. The Ottoman divan was its privy council, presided over by the sultan or his highest official, the grand vizier. Travellers first referred to it in English in the late 16th century. Turkish dīvān came from a Persian word with a range of meanings: ‘brochure’, ‘anthology’, ‘register’, ‘court’, and ‘bench’. The last gave rise to the usual sense of divan in English, a piece of furniture. Originally, a divan was a low bench or raised part of a floor forming a seat against the wall of a room, a style which was common in Middle Eastern countries. European imitations of this led to the sense ‘a low flat sofa or bed’ in the late 19th century, while ottoman (late 18th century) was used for a similar object; an upholstered box that doubled as a seat.

Rhymes

Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan

Definition of divan in US English:

divan

noun

1A long low sofa without a back or arms, typically placed against a wall.
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile, back in the ‘real’ world, feast your eyes on these canine accessories, including this insane dog divan.
- As an example of minimalism to the extreme, Hanson used only a cluttered desk and a divan to suggest Higgins' study.
- He looked in the direction next to the couch or divan that he was lying on, and saw a woman, sitting there next to him.
- I spotted Jonas and his friends lounging on ornate, divan couches in the ‘mirror’ room.
- You sit on divans at low tables, as waiters in fezzes and djellebas produce dishes like magicians from velvet tagine-shaped platters.
- She was lounging on a divan, and looked rather uncomfortable - like she was hurt.
- Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people.
- Opening a side door, he saw a small, ornately - furnished parlor with two divans facing each other.
- When we sit for dinner it is on divans against walls covered with rich Moroccan fabrics.
- Resting on the divan in the hall, noises of loud whispers and bursts of laughter reach my ears - coming from Sophia's room.
- A deep, luxurious carpet covered the floor, and several divans were situated around the room.
- She stood firm under their weight, gently ushering them back into the room and onto one of the divans.
- They piled out into a bigger room with several worn couches and divans.
- One woman stretched out on the divan lounge, thoughtfully perusing a scroll.
- Faced with multiple sweets and puddings, I simply reclined and used the best of the divan.
- The cream leather seats, with chocolate faux ponyskin box stools, sit perfectly with the chocolate Nubuck two-seater divans.
- She should be here soon, ‘Jamie answered offering Jude a seat on the divan.’
- Its living room had cushions and divans, and the kind owner offered us a room for the night.
- She pulled the low writing desk to the divan, and reached into the jar.
- The room was simply furnished with a large divan facing the TV set, two comfortable looking armchairs, all surrounding a wooden table.
Synonyms
day bed, sofa bed
2historical A legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire or elsewhere in the Middle East.
Example sentencesExamples
- The palace comprises tall, elaborately decorated rooms where the Khan held his divans, or council meetings.
- The king holds court in the divan, where citizens can make requests or express complaints.
- Every year the divan, the ruling council of the Pirate Republic of Bou Regreg met to elect two officers for the year.

Origin

Late 16th century (in divan (sense 3 of the noun)): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān ‘anthology, register, court, or bench’; compare with diwan. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th century) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense ‘low flat sofa or bed’ (late 19th century).

单词	divan
释义	Definition of divan in English: divan noun ˈdʌɪvandʌɪˈvandɪˈvan 1British A bed consisting of a base and mattress but no footboard or headboard. Example sentencesExamples Long story short, I'm up to my elbow under his divan bed, when I feel a packet of tissues. Looking again she realised there wasn't a mattress on the bed, just a thin bedspread covering a divan, with drawers underneath. Sophia's on the guest divan, reading a magazine and being of absolutely no help to her mother. In drawers under the divan bed were four large bags of herbal cannabis and five smaller bags. The firm had been operating in Sutton for 22 years producing headboards and drawer divans for Silentnight. Some time later found the pair in Ie's chambers, sitting on a simple divan colored a subtle mauve, discussing times gone by. We went up to the room with an armful of blankets and set about making the divan and the bed next to it. Beds, which include divans, mattresses and bedsteads, were valued at £974m, with bedsteads the major growth sector in recent years. He found Mullen hiding inside the divan bed and he detained him until the police returned. He rolled out of bed and sat at the edge of the divan, looking into the mirror beside his cot. Beds with slatted wooden or metal bases provide better circulation of air around the mattress than divan beds. One of the men was found hiding in the divan unit of a bed. U-Rest Foam is now on record as one of Zambia's major manufacturer of divan beds, foam sheets, cushions and pillows. For example, instead of putting a lavish bed into the bedroom we bought a standard divan bed and had a headboard made. 2A long, low sofa without a back or arms. Example sentencesExamples The room was simply furnished with a large divan facing the TV set, two comfortable looking armchairs, all surrounding a wooden table. When we sit for dinner it is on divans against walls covered with rich Moroccan fabrics. You sit on divans at low tables, as waiters in fezzes and djellebas produce dishes like magicians from velvet tagine-shaped platters. Opening a side door, he saw a small, ornately - furnished parlor with two divans facing each other. Meanwhile, back in the ‘real’ world, feast your eyes on these canine accessories, including this insane dog divan. They piled out into a bigger room with several worn couches and divans. She was lounging on a divan, and looked rather uncomfortable - like she was hurt. Resting on the divan in the hall, noises of loud whispers and bursts of laughter reach my ears - coming from Sophia's room. He looked in the direction next to the couch or divan that he was lying on, and saw a woman, sitting there next to him. Faced with multiple sweets and puddings, I simply reclined and used the best of the divan. A deep, luxurious carpet covered the floor, and several divans were situated around the room. She pulled the low writing desk to the divan, and reached into the jar. Its living room had cushions and divans, and the kind owner offered us a room for the night. I spotted Jonas and his friends lounging on ornate, divan couches in the ‘mirror’ room. She stood firm under their weight, gently ushering them back into the room and onto one of the divans. As an example of minimalism to the extreme, Hanson used only a cluttered desk and a divan to suggest Higgins' study. The cream leather seats, with chocolate faux ponyskin box stools, sit perfectly with the chocolate Nubuck two-seater divans. One woman stretched out on the divan lounge, thoughtfully perusing a scroll. She should be here soon, ‘Jamie answered offering Jude a seat on the divan.’ Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people. Synonyms day bed, sofa bed settee, sofa, couch British put-you-up North American davenport, studio couch 3historical A legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire or elsewhere in the Middle East. Example sentencesExamples The palace comprises tall, elaborately decorated rooms where the Khan held his divans, or council meetings. Every year the divan, the ruling council of the Pirate Republic of Bou Regreg met to elect two officers for the year. The king holds court in the divan, where citizens can make requests or express complaints. Origin Late 16th century (in sense 3): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān 'anthology, register, court, or bench'; compare with diwan. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th century) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense 'low flat sofa or bed' (late 19th century). The divan travelled across Europe from the court of the Ottoman Empire in the East. The Ottoman divan was its privy council, presided over by the sultan or his highest official, the grand vizier. Travellers first referred to it in English in the late 16th century. Turkish dīvān came from a Persian word with a range of meanings: ‘brochure’, ‘anthology’, ‘register’, ‘court’, and ‘bench’. The last gave rise to the usual sense of divan in English, a piece of furniture. Originally, a divan was a low bench or raised part of a floor forming a seat against the wall of a room, a style which was common in Middle Eastern countries. European imitations of this led to the sense ‘a low flat sofa or bed’ in the late 19th century, while ottoman (late 18th century) was used for a similar object; an upholstered box that doubled as a seat. Rhymes Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan Definition of divan in US English: divan noun 1A long low sofa without a back or arms, typically placed against a wall. Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile, back in the ‘real’ world, feast your eyes on these canine accessories, including this insane dog divan. As an example of minimalism to the extreme, Hanson used only a cluttered desk and a divan to suggest Higgins' study. He looked in the direction next to the couch or divan that he was lying on, and saw a woman, sitting there next to him. I spotted Jonas and his friends lounging on ornate, divan couches in the ‘mirror’ room. You sit on divans at low tables, as waiters in fezzes and djellebas produce dishes like magicians from velvet tagine-shaped platters. She was lounging on a divan, and looked rather uncomfortable - like she was hurt. Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people. Opening a side door, he saw a small, ornately - furnished parlor with two divans facing each other. When we sit for dinner it is on divans against walls covered with rich Moroccan fabrics. Resting on the divan in the hall, noises of loud whispers and bursts of laughter reach my ears - coming from Sophia's room. A deep, luxurious carpet covered the floor, and several divans were situated around the room. She stood firm under their weight, gently ushering them back into the room and onto one of the divans. They piled out into a bigger room with several worn couches and divans. One woman stretched out on the divan lounge, thoughtfully perusing a scroll. Faced with multiple sweets and puddings, I simply reclined and used the best of the divan. The cream leather seats, with chocolate faux ponyskin box stools, sit perfectly with the chocolate Nubuck two-seater divans. She should be here soon, ‘Jamie answered offering Jude a seat on the divan.’ Its living room had cushions and divans, and the kind owner offered us a room for the night. She pulled the low writing desk to the divan, and reached into the jar. The room was simply furnished with a large divan facing the TV set, two comfortable looking armchairs, all surrounding a wooden table. Synonyms day bed, sofa bed 2historical A legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire or elsewhere in the Middle East. Example sentencesExamples The palace comprises tall, elaborately decorated rooms where the Khan held his divans, or council meetings. The king holds court in the divan, where citizens can make requests or express complaints. Every year the divan, the ruling council of the Pirate Republic of Bou Regreg met to elect two officers for the year. Origin Late 16th century (in divan (sense 3 of the noun)): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān ‘anthology, register, court, or bench’; compare with diwan. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th century) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense ‘low flat sofa or bed’ (late 19th century).
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