(n.) A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz.
(n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly.
(n.) A chief officer of state.
(n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.
(n.) A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.
(n.) A coffee and smoking saloon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Music without borders: Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim (centre) and Ramzi Aburedwan (right) with members of the Divan orchestra.
(2) But Barenboim had his Israeli musicians to protect, as well as the Divan’s depoliticising mission of co-operation and co-existence.
(3) Instead, Miller recommends a bouncy mohair divan (she pronounces it “dive-in”) in the guest bedroom.
(4) On the divan, her new mother-in-law, sighing at some new ache or pain.
(5) ❦ I must have passed the doors of Simpson’s-in-the-Strand hundreds of times in the past 45 years, but I never stepped through them until this Tuesday – only to discover that the restaurant, opened in 1828 as Samuel Reiss’s Grand Cigar Divan, is up for sale and might soon become the most stupendous branch of Nando’s, or yet another block of expensive flats, and therefore indistinguishable from the rest of London.
(6) But it was a lie.” He and Barenboim parted ways in 2011; to Ramzi’s sadness, the Divan is now boycotted in Palestine.
(7) A super-king-size divan base with separate single mattresses (one hard, one soft), a unifying fitted sheet – and earplugs, of course.
(8) The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra he founded with the Israeli citizen Daniel Barenboim in 1999 grew out of the friendship he forged with the musician who shares his belief that art - and, in particular, the music of Wagner - transcends political ideology.
(9) He was also invited to join the West-Eastern Divan , the orchestra of Israeli and Arabic musicians created by Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim .
Settee
Definition:
(n.) A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
(n.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
Example Sentences:
(1) While Auden and Britten are much grander characters than, say, Maggie Smith's nervy vicar's wife in Bed Among the Lentils or Thora Hird's Doris in A Cream Cracker Under the Settee trying to stave off the care home, they share the same disappointments – loneliness, self-doubt, age.
(2) We got into Harry Cross' house and rolled up some of those funny cigarettes on his settee, he thought it was hilarious."
(3) Apparently, it spat the battery out, which went underneath the settee.” It was only recently that the couple had started sleeping in the front bedroom.
(4) However, Rupert Murdoch was sitting in the editor’s chair while Larry reclined on the settee the other side of the room.
(5) Molly works because, while Watson is "the audience", Molly is every woman of a certain age sitting at home on the settee fantasising about running their hands through Benedict Cumberbatch's hair.
(6) Following the introduction of picture referencing across two more complex tasks, four students independently completed more complex love seat and settee assemblies in fewer trials than required during their initial chair assembly.
(7) All these adverts should be for horrible cheap unsold settees, that's what I think I'm trying to say here.
(8) At its height we were seeing up to 640 calls a day on unexpected fees, but we’re pleased to say we’re seeing this decrease on account of the actions we’re taking to help stop these sharp practices.” Wendy Scurr from Middlesborough, who lives on disability benefits, looked for a loan online to buy a new settee.
(9) Various venues Richard Herring: Lord Of The Dance Settee, On tour Stewart Lee’s former double-act partner Richard Herring has done more than most stand-ups to explore the potential of multiple media platforms as vehicles for his comedy.
(10) Taking its title from a wilful childhood misinterpretation of a hymn, his new show Lord Of The Dance Settee is a celebration of lifelong daftness, full of elaborately constructed flights of illogical fancy and moments of gleeful childishness.
(11) At its height we were seeing up to 640 calls a day on unexpected fees.” Wendy Scurr from Middlesborough, who lives on disability benefits, looked for a loan online to buy a new settee.
(12) You'd close the curtains, shut out the sun, clear the diary and settle down on the settee for hour after hour of interviews, analysis, shots of fans walking up Wembley Way and Des Lynam trying desperately to fill the time, with all the while the stadium slowy filling up in the background.
(13) It is the favourite programme of the Royle Family – the boggle-eyed, settee-bound relatives sang along dreamily to the theme tune in last year's Christmas special.