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davenport

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈdævənpɔːt/
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/ˈdævənpɔːt/ · /ˈdævɪnˌpɔɹt/(US)

Definition of davenport

20 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname
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name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname
  3. (countable, uncountable)A surname
  4. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  5. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  6. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  7. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  8. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  9. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  10. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  11. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  12. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  13. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  14. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  15. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  16. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  17. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  18. (countable, uncountable)A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:

noun

  1. A large sofa, especially a formal one.
    “Holonym: furniture”
    “He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.”
    “Beezus felt a little better. She curled up on the davenport again with 202 Things to Do on a Rainy Afternoon and read about making Christmas tree ornaments out of cellophane straws, until she heard her aunt's car turn into the driveway.”
  2. A writing desk, especially a small one.
    “Then she went into the house, and, sitting down at the davenport in the dining-room, got out a sheet of her best notepaper, and wrote a note to Pamela Dysart in her strong, commercially clear hand.”
    “He crosses to the davenport to get the policies from his briefcase,”

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Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

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