Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thin mattress of tufted cotton batting or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame.
Wiktionary
- n. A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
- n. A round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
WordNet 3.0
- n. mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
Etymologies
- Japanese 布団 (ふとん, futon) (Wiktionary)
- 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)
Examples
“Almost everyone has a horror story from a sleepless night on a paper thin mattress, and just hearing the word futon is enough to make...”
“If you need a couch, a futon is about all you can find.”
“Foonf (UID#) on November 22nd, 2009 at 11: 56 pm sex on a futon is uncomfortable”
“The new couch is also a sofa bed (very comfortable with innerspring mattress) so we got rid of the huge and ugly futon from the playroom.”
“One person's futon is another person's toilet brush.”
“A tightly-made bed or a flattened-out futon is about the best place to work on page proofs and CEMs, because it requires a good deal of spreading piles of paper out and making marks on them.”
“Then she brought a comforter -- she called it a "futon" -- from the cupboard.”
“However I do want to know if the futon is a possibility before I go blow 50 bucks.”
“The 'Ton' can either stand for 'dango balls' or 'futon' - chestnut golden balls or chestnut golden futon.”
“Since rocks may be moved or buried by storms, they are often placed in an enclosure called a futon cage because it has the shape of a Japanese floor mattress.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘futon’.
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Awesome Pronunciations
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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...another list...
I've no idea where I got this page full of words, but whatever it is, I want to find it again. May have duplicate words from other lists.
bicameral, aphelion, dirigible, parhelion, flocculus, vernier, corticate, oxalis, pandanus, calabash, plumbago, jonquil and 217 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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essigurken's Words
transubstantiation, pungent, omnipotent, craven, 'tis, saucy, entwine, inextricably, consummation, conglomeration, sepulchre, addendum and 264 more...
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spamdad's Words
lambic, weizenbock, bock, zymurgy, vade mecum, quotidian, sesquipedalian, eremite, sphragis, privation, aegis, sui generis and 275 more...
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Recently discovered subatomic particles
futon, craton, bonbon, icon, necronomicon, neocon, lexicon, aileron, metatron, moron, oberon, waitron and 4 more...
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Desk
This is where I'm putting all those words that are still looking for a home among my other lists. Like its real-life counterpart, the desk will always be a little messy.
tchotchke, kvetch, futon, east coast, balboa, character, pahoehoe, erudite, otolaryngology, busted, betwixt, bombast and 32 more...
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household
balustrade, porch swing, terrace, windowseat, foyer, breakfast nook, cellar, bay window, venetian blinds, canopy, hammock, hope chest and 69 more...
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Buenos Aires
Highlights from a travelogue.
estenopeica, anarcho-feminist, frequentamente, satisfecha, puxa, solips, delightful, dulce, gotten, conspicuously, gratis, cinta and 47 more...
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Japanese loanwords
Japanese and Japanese-derived words that have gained use in English.
honcho, daimyo, futon, sushi, shogun, samurai, sashimi, anime, manga, haiku, ikebana, karate and 10 more...
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Words I Didn't Know How To Pronounce ...
The thing is, I read a lot. I have a large vocabulary. I can also go years without hearing a word in my vocabulary actually spoken aloud. Most of these words, I'm afraid, are ones that I thought su...
primer, azure, slavish, sepia, linux, noir, futon, burgeon, corporeal, solace, visage, renege and 10 more...
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footballyus2345's Words
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Common Japanese
tsunami, karaoke, kimono, seppuku, futon, tempura, sushi, katana
Tweets
Looking for tweets for futon.
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