What makes it different to a double bed?
2006-07-02 10:24:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
a divan is a couch
2006-07-02 10:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by wellaem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A divan is a sofa. Pure and simple, however, a divan is only different inasmuch as the back when folded forward to unlock will fold back and the seat and back to make a bed similar to a single. A hide-a-bed or sofabed are some of the names associated with the sofa that when the cushions are removed there is a folding bed in the interior of the sofa that pulls out and makes into a bed. Usually comes in regular, queen, and king sizes. A sofa that does none of these things is just a sofa, a divan folds back into a single bed and the last sofa bed can be a bed of any size. Hope this helps.
2006-07-02 10:32:00 · answer #2 · answered by andyman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In no way is a divan a sofa of any description!
A Divan is a bed which is a solid base...it can be any size & usually comes with a matress as standard.
A standard bed refers to a bed frame which comprises of 4 seperate pieces...1 bed head, 1 bed foot, 1 base (which holds mattress) & the mattress.
2006-07-02 10:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A divan is a standard bed base, as far as I know, they can be double, hence the term "single divan" thus distinguishing it from "double divan". It may mean something else in American, I don't know.
2006-07-02 10:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tefi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a divan IS NOT A SOFA lol its a bed , it has a solid base usually with drawers 2 large 2 small
2006-07-02 13:08:28 · answer #5 · answered by jackie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Divan is a large couch usually without a back or arms often designed for use as a bed.
"The word is recorded in English since 1586, meaning "Oriental council of state," from Turkish divan, from Arabic diwan, from Persian (itself possibly from Aramaic) devan "bundle of written sheets, small book, collection of poems" (as in the "Divan i-Hafiz"), related to debir "writer." Sense evolved through "book of accounts," to "office of accounts," "custom house," "council chamber," then to "long, cushioned seat," such as are found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers."
Or this if you meant "davenport":
"davenport
2 : a large upholstered sofa often convertible into a bed "
2006-07-02 10:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by OneRunningMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A divan is a couch or bed without a head or footboard.
2006-07-02 10:30:05 · answer #7 · answered by migelito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A divan is a backless sofa, usually placed against a wall with throw pillows on it.
2006-07-02 10:29:10 · answer #8 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a divan is another word for bed if you fall out wi your fella you can sleep in di van oh im sorry lol
2006-07-09 06:29:08 · answer #9 · answered by deni-5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi , i got this from another website...
personally i thought it was a sturdy bed...i didn't know these answers...!
1. A long backless sofa, especially one set with pillows against a wall.
2. also (d-vn)
a. A counting room, tribunal, or public audience room in Muslim countries.
b. The seat used by an administrator when holding audience.
c. A government bureau or council chamber.
3. also (d-vn) A coffeehouse or smoking room.
4. also (d-vn) A book of poems, especially one written in Arabic or Persian by a single author
2006-07-02 10:31:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋