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/ˈɑtəmən/ · noun
(furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc..
In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.
These hefty features were on display together with dry-point engravings, marble busts, and mahogany whatnots, which the guests now squeezed between, plumping themselves down on over-stuffed ottomans beneath gleaming crystal electroliers.
A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.
This ottoman is set on casters, and is a great convenience for holding articles, while serving also as a seat.
Use ottoman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ottoman means (furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc..
Common synonyms include footstool, hassock, pouffe, tuffet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.
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