1. a long low sofa without a back or arms
2. a collection of poems by one author
Usage: literary
3. a council of state in some Muslim countries
Usage: historical

Examples

• She stretched out on the velvet divan to read her book.
• The psychiatrist’s office had a leather divan for patients.
• The poet published his first divan at age thirty.
• Scholars studied the classical Persian divan for its literary merit.
• The sultan consulted his divan before making important decisions.
• The ornate divan was covered with silk cushions.