featherbed

Meanings

Plural: featherbeds

Noun

a mattress stuffed with feathers
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.

Verb

treat with excessive indulgence
hire more workers than are necessary
To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.

Origin / Etymology

From feather + bed.

Synonyms

baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, feather bed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil

Scrabble Score: 19

featherbed is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
featherbed is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
featherbed is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

featherbed is a valid Words With Friends word