plural futons also futon
: a usually cotton-filled mattress used on the floor or in a frame as a bed, couch, or chair
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Japanese futons offer a closer connection to the simplicity and elegance of Japanese living.
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Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
Most of the spacious rooms are Western in style, with beds rather than futons, and trade in tatami mats for wooden flooring.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
Diamond explains that traditional Japanese futons are known as shikibutons, made with layers of cotton or wool, but the typical futon is often filled with synthetic foam and chemicals.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
So when powerful Santa Ana winds battered his house on the night of Monday, January 5, Goldner, a rock climbing coach and video director, dragged his futon into the living room and slept there with his two dogs, just to be safe.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
Most of the spacious rooms are Western in style, with beds rather than futons, and trade in tatami mats for wooden flooring.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
Diamond explains that traditional Japanese futons are known as shikibutons, made with layers of cotton or wool, but the typical futon is often filled with synthetic foam and chemicals.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
So when powerful Santa Ana winds battered his house on the night of Monday, January 5, Goldner, a rock climbing coach and video director, dragged his futon into the living room and slept there with his two dogs, just to be safe.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for futon
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“Futon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/futon. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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