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Feather Bed
see synonyms of feather bedNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Feather Bed
see synonyms of feather bednoun
1.
a mattress filled with feathers or down
verb featherbed -beds, -bedding or -bedded
2. (transitive)
to pamper; spoil
3. (intransitive) US
to be subject to or engage in featherbedding
verb
1. (transitive) British
to pamper; spoil
2. (intransitive) US business
to limit production, duplicate work, or overman, esp in accordance with a union contract, in order to prevent redundancies or create jobs
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Feather Bed
see synonyms of feather bed a strong cloth container thickly filled with feathers or down, used as a mattress
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Feather Bed
see synonyms of feather bedn.
1. A mattress stuffed with feathers.
2. A bed having a feather mattress.
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