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Feather Bed

Definition: Feather Bed

Feather Bed

Noun

1. A mattress stuffed with feathers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Feather Bed

Synonym: featherbed (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Feather Bed

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Modern Usage: Feather Bed

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Feather Bed (1933)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Feather Bed

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Feather Bed

AuthorQuotation

Samuel Rutherford

You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Feather Bed

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

But he never got no feather bed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Feather Bed

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Feather Bed

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.

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Anagrams: Feather Bed

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.

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INDEX

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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