Explore Featherbed through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hire or handle. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Featherbed in a sentence
Featherbed meaning
- A mattress stuffed with feathers.
- An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and Irish placenames.)
- A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
Synonyms of Featherbed
Using Featherbed
- The main meaning on this page is: A mattress stuffed with feathers. | An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and Irish placenames.) | A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
- Useful related words include: feather bed, hire, do by, handle.
Context around Featherbed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Featherbed
- In this selection, "featherbed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, off, lane and alley stand out and add context to how "featherbed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the featherbed alley printshop and off featherbed lane in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "featherbed" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with featherbed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Off Featherbed Lane in New Addington, the reserve is home to 40 of the UK’s 59 butterfly species, several varieties of orchid and a host of other invertebrates and wildflowers. (31 words)
A Gutenberg press replica at the Featherbed Alley Printshop Museum, in Bermuda In the decades after Gutenberg, many conservative patrons looked down on cheap printed books; books produced by hand were considered more desirable. (34 words)
A Gutenberg press replica at the Featherbed Alley Printshop Museum, in Bermuda In the decades after Gutenberg, many conservative patrons looked down on cheap printed books; books produced by hand were considered more desirable. (34 words)
Off Featherbed Lane in New Addington, the reserve is home to 40 of the UK’s 59 butterfly species, several varieties of orchid and a host of other invertebrates and wildflowers. (31 words)
Example sentences (2)
Off Featherbed Lane in New Addington, the reserve is home to 40 of the UK’s 59 butterfly species, several varieties of orchid and a host of other invertebrates and wildflowers.
A Gutenberg press replica at the Featherbed Alley Printshop Museum, in Bermuda In the decades after Gutenberg, many conservative patrons looked down on cheap printed books; books produced by hand were considered more desirable.