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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A thin mattress of tufted cotton batting or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
  2. n. A round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame

Etymologies

  1. Japanese 布団 (ふとん, futon) (Wiktionary)
  2. Japanese, bedclothes, bedding : fu, bed quilt (from Middle Chinese phu) + ton, round (from Middle Chinese thuan). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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