feather bed
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈfɛðər bɛd/
:
colchón de plumas
- Visitors will love the plush feather bed in the guest room, perfect for a restful night’s sleep.
- feather bed and pillows
- big feather bed
- soft feather bed
Examples
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Ah, when I was a boy, every door was open to a wayfarer, and he'd be fed until he could hardly move and put to sleep in a feather bed.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her body was sore from so much love-making, and it was a relief after all of the week's new experiences and demands just to lie back in the feather bed and be cared for.
Fiction book (1992) -
I got a nice feather bed, and it's nice and warm.
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Found me a big feather bed
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And a feather bed to sleep on.
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Her bed was a feather bed: essentially a giant pillow laid out on a box spring.
Fiction book (1999) -
I pulled my head in like a turtle and huddled down deep in the warm feather bed.
Fiction book (2002) -
He chose the big brass feather bed, the ruby bedspread with matching carpet and curtains that set off the mahogany paneling.
Fiction book (1998) -
After a long day, sinking into my soft, warm feather bed was pure bliss.
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The luxurious feather bed cradled me in comfort, making it hard to get up in the morning.
Synonyms
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1.0
A piece of furniture with a mattress for sleeping
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1.0
A thick, soft pad put on a bed for sleeping
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5.3
A soft mattress filled with feathers for sleeping
A mattress filled with straw or feathers for sleeping
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Morphology
The noun 'feather bed' is directly compositional: combining 'feather' (bird plumage) with 'bed' (sleeping furniture) yields a bed filled with feathers, matching the provided definition. This simple compound follows common cross-linguistic noun+noun compounding patterns and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Feather bed comes from a real feather bed — a mattress filled with soft feathers that make it warm and comfortable. So, the name tells you it is a very soft, warm bed for 'sleeping'.