| FEATHERBED | • featherbed n. A mattress stuffed with feathers. • featherbed n. (UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers. • featherbed v. (Transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle. |
| FEATHERBEDS | • featherbeds n. Plural of featherbed. • featherbeds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherbed. • feather-beds n. Plural of feather-bed. |
| LEATHERBACK | • leatherback n. A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back. • LEATHERBACK n. a kind of large sea turtle. |
| FEATHERBRAIN | • featherbrain n. Alternative spelling of feather-brain. • feather-brain n. (Derogatory) a feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| LEATHERBACKS | • leatherbacks n. Plural of leatherback. • LEATHERBACK n. a kind of large sea turtle. |
| LEATHERBOUND | • leatherbound adj. Bound in leather. • LEATHERBOUND adj. of a book, bound in leather. |
| WEATHERBOARD | • weatherboard n. (Nautical) The windward side of a vessel. • weatherboard n. (Nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water. • weatherboard n. Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard. |
| FEATHERBEDDED | • featherbedded v. Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed. • feather-bedded v. Simple past tense and past participle of feather-bed. • FEATHERBED v. to pamper; to protect (an industry, workers, etc.) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs. |
| FEATHERBRAINS | • featherbrains n. Plural of featherbrain. • feather-brains n. Plural of feather-brain. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| WEATHERBOARDS | • weatherboards n. Plural of weatherboard. • WEATHERBOARD n. a board shaped so as to shed water. |
| FEATHERBEDDING | • featherbedding v. Present participle of featherbed. • featherbedding n. (US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes… • feather-bedding v. Present participle of feather-bed. |
| FEATHERBRAINED | • featherbrained adj. Alternative spelling of feather-brained. • feather-brained adj. Foolish, scatterbrained. • FEATHERBRAINED adj. foolish. |
| WEATHERBOARDED | • weatherboarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard. • WEATHERBOARD v. to fit such a board. |
| FEATHERBEDDINGS | • FEATHERBEDDING n. protecting (an industry, workers, etc.) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs. |
| WEATHERBOARDING | • weatherboarding n. (Architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards. • WEATHERBOARD v. to fit such a board. |