futon

A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.

The Japanese bed is the floor, with a wooden box under the neck for a pillow and a futon for a covering. To the foreigner the Japanese landlord allows five or six futons, or cotton-wadded comforters, and they make a tolerable mattress, although not springy, and rather apt to be damp and musty.

The futon are easily aired, and may be carried about readily when moving.

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.

I was 18 years old, sleeping on a futon, cooking on a George Foreman grill and showering at a friend's house every few days.

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