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Definition: Feather Bed |
Feather BedNoun1. A mattress stuffed with feathers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Feather BedSynonym: featherbed (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Softness | Clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding;foam. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Feather Bed (1933) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Samuel Rutherford | You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | But he never got no feather bed. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
feather bed | 212 |
feather bed cover | 12 |
grandma feather bed | 8 |
down feather bed | 5 |
discount feather bed | 4 |
feather bed pillow | 3 |
pacific coast feather bed | 2 |
king feather bed | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "feather bed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | dyne (anvil-cap, bolster, continental quilt, eiderdown, sow-block). (various references) | |
Dutch | dekbed (continental quilt, eiderdown). (various references) | |
French | édredon. (various references) | |
German | Deckbett (eiderdown). (various references) | |
Greek | πάπλωμα (blanket, coverlet, duvet, quilt). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elkényeztet (coddle, indulge, pamper, spoil, spoilt, to coddle, to indulge, to pamper, to spoil), derékalj. (various references) | |
Italian | piumino (coverlet, down, eiderdown, feather duster, padded jacket, quilt). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eatherfay edbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | edredão (duvet, eiderdown, quilt). (various references) | |
Romanian | face viaţã uşoarã, saltea de puf, efemina (emasculate, mollycoddle, womanize). (various references) | |
Russian | перина (featherbed). (various references) | |
Spanish | edredon (continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown, quilt). (various references) | |
Swedish | fjäderbolster, klema bort (coddle, cosher, cosset, pamper), ge statligt stöd till, bolster (soft mattress). (various references) | |
Turkish | rahat şey, nazlı alıştırmak (coddle, spoil), kuştüyü yatak (continental quilt, featherbed), keyifli durum, işverenleri fazla işçi çalıştırmaya zorlamak, şımartmak (baby, coddle, cosher, cosset, dandle, indulge, pamper, pet, spoil, spoonfeed). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: featherbed. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-f-h-r-t" | |
-1 letter: feathered. | |
-2 letters: breathed, defeater, fathered, federate, redefeat, reheated. | |
-3 letters: berated, berthed, breadth, breathe, debater, draftee, earthed, feather, hearted, rebated, tabered, terefah. | |
-4 letters: adhere, aether, afreet, barfed, bathed, bather, beater, beefed, befret, behead, berate, bereft, bertha, breath, dafter, deafer, dearth, debate, defeat, defter, derate, father, feared, feater, feeder, hafted, hafter, hatred, header, heated, heater, heeder. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-f-h-r-t" | |
+1 letter: featherbeds. | |
+3 letters: featherbedded. | |
+4 letters: featherbedding, featherbrained. | |
+5 letters: featherbeddings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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