Usually means: Convertible sofa that becomes bed.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word futon:

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  1. futon: Merriam-Webster
  2. futon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. futon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. futon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. futon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Futon, futon: Wordnik
  7. futon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. futon: Wiktionary
  9. futon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. futon: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. futon: Dictionary.com
  12. futon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. futon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Futon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. futon: Rhymezone
  16. futon: FreeDictionary.org
  17. futon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. futon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. futon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. futon: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See futoning as well.)

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noun:  A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
noun:  A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves.
noun:  A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up.
noun:  Abbreviation of full text on the Net: the presence of the complete text of an academic paper on the Internet, seen as a potential biasing factor in which papers get cited most often

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