futon
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈfuːtɒn/
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futón
- In my room, I drop onto the futon, face into the pillow, belly coated with sweat.
- sleep on a futon
- sitting on a futon
- futon bed
Yes, it's I'm like, who the hell is sleeping well in that noble futon with three other people in the same room?
- Yes, it's I'm like, who the hell is sleeping well in that noble futon with three other people in the same room?
- Yes, if the couch would lay down and like a futon.
- Living in trailers, sleeping in the back of abandoned buildings on futons.
- Get out, get off your futon, go live life.
- Some Japanese people, actually, one of my students made futon in a bed for a wallet.
Examples
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I had to buy a futon when I got here.
Academic text (2012) -
While we were there, a maid came and laid out both our futons, side by side.
Fiction book (1997) -
No, I found a futon on the street last night.
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I have an extra futon in the bedroom.
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Cause you could totally crash here, I have a futon in the spare room.
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Right now my sisters and I are sitting on our futon; you're sitting on the floor.
Fiction book (1995) -
In Boston, I'll be sleeping on a futon in Mom's overstocked library.
Fiction book (1996) -
Glad he never trusted cabin locks, Defoe swung his feet off the futon and started pulling on his boots.
Fiction book (2000) -
Chantal sits cross-legged on my futon, leaning back against the blue cushions.
Fiction book (1998) -
After a long day, she unrolled her futon on the floor and fell asleep immediately.
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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2.0
A flat mattress you fill with air for sleeping
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2.6
A large seat with soft cushions for two or more people that opens into a bed
5
1.0
A small bed with high sides for a baby to sleep safely
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4.1
A sofa that opens or folds to make a bed
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3.6
A bed fixed into the wall or floor of a room
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Etymology
Futon comes from the Japanese word 布団, which originally meant 'bedding' or a 'cloth bundle' used for sleeping on the floor. So, a futon in English is still a simple, thin mattress you can fold or lay on the floor and that often turns into a sofa.