couch
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
Noun 4 meanings
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
A bed, a resting-place.
The den of an otter.
A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
Verb 4 meanings
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
Etymology
From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.
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COUCH at a glance
COUCH has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + U 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,313 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with couch
All rhymes- MUCH11
- SUCH9
- TOUCH10
- OUCH9
- POUCH12
- CROUCH13
- VOUCH13
- INASMUCH15
- SLOUCH11
- GROUCH12
- FORASMUCH19
- INSOMUCH15
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