FUTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does futon mean? 

• FUTON (noun)
  The noun FUTON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FUTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("futon" is a kind of...):

mattress (a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)