Futon is an English word with synonyms like mattress. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Futon meaning
- A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
- A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves.
- A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up.
Synonyms of Futon
Using Futon
- The main meaning on this page is: A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. | A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves. | A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up.
- Useful related words include: mattress.
Context around Futon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Futon
- In this selection, "futon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lucky, room, wood, upon, kimmel and mats stand out and add context to how "futon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lucky futon and chair or futon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "futon" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with futon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wood futon with mattress that makes into a bed. (9 words)
This oversized blanket is great for a dorm bed, chair, or futon. (12 words)
Inside, guests sleep on futon mats and gather around the sunken irori hearth for home-cooked meals. (17 words)
All she had was a futon in her friend’s dorm room, and a couple of suitcases filled, mostly with books and her extensive rock collection (she did not consider how obscenely heavy these interests would be to carry). (39 words)
In the background one can see parts of our living room: the white leather futon, the round modern painting that almost masks an entire wall, and the light-orange curtains that reflect the last rays of the sinking sun. (39 words)
George Conway fired back on Thursday, calling Trump “the worst kind of dumb” among other tweets that at this point “should just be called Dispatches from the guest room futon”, Kimmel joked. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
Because we are alone in the Zoom room, because we are desperate to prowl the bowels of a neighbor’s garage, because we could really use a lucky futon.
Kotatsu is a low, wooden table frame covered by futon upon which table top sits, and underneath is a heat source.
On one side is a small sink with a removable cover, a stove, an oven and an L-shaped counter, and across the way is a futon.
All she had was a futon in her friend’s dorm room, and a couple of suitcases filled, mostly with books and her extensive rock collection (she did not consider how obscenely heavy these interests would be to carry).
George Conway fired back on Thursday, calling Trump “the worst kind of dumb” among other tweets that at this point “should just be called Dispatches from the guest room futon”, Kimmel joked.
Inside, guests sleep on futon mats and gather around the sunken irori hearth for home-cooked meals.
Then there’s the futon, a traditional Japanese style of bed which can also be folded away to allow the room to function as more than a bedroom.
This oversized blanket is great for a dorm bed, chair, or futon.
Wood futon with mattress that makes into a bed.
In the background one can see parts of our living room: the white leather futon, the round modern painting that almost masks an entire wall, and the light-orange curtains that reflect the last rays of the sinking sun.