The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - couplen.

1) pair, duo, twosome; brace, span, yoke, team: They certainly make a nice couple. 2) a couple of. a few, several, a handful (of) , one or two, three or four: I'll be with you in a couple of minutes. --v. 3) join, link, yoke, combine, unite, match up, connect: The two carriages are easily coupled together.