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How to pronounce “featherbed”
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Pronunciation guide for featherbed
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of featherbed with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
- The next big thing is coming from the Bronx, again
My great-grandparents had a home on Featherbed Lane,
- Definition summary
- A mattress stuffed with feathers.
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How to pronounce featherbed
The next big thing is coming from the Bronx, again
My great-grandparents had a home on Featherbed Lane,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “featherbed”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A mattress stuffed with feathers.
- (especially UK, Dartmoor) 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.)
- (cricket) A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
- (intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
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