featherbeds
Plush sleeping surfaces
Featherbeds are mattresses or thick bedcovers stuffed with feathers, associated with old-fashioned comfort and luxury: She sank into the featherbed at her grandmother's house.
The verb featherbed means to pamper or protect from hardship, often critically—especially of labor practices that maintain unnecessary jobs or easy conditions: Union rules featherbedded workers against layoffs.
Toward lower ground
- plushThick-pile soft fabric
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
- quiltedStitched through layered fabric
cozy · snug · mattress · duvet · comforter · goose down · stuffing · loft
Yielding to desire
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- spoilingCausing ruin or decay
- cossetingOverprotective care
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
sumptuous · lavish · comfort · nurturing · doting · sheltering · overprotection · ease
Joining into one
- job securityProtected employment status
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- overstaffingSurplus of workers
- work rulesEmployment conduct policies
collective bargaining · protectionism · labor union · redundancy · bureaucracy · make-work · sinecure · bloat
down
Toward lower ground
quilted · cozy · snug · mattress · duvet · comforter · goose down · stuffing · loft · warmth
indulgence
Yielding to desire
opulence · sumptuous · lavish · comfort · nurturing · doting · sheltering · overprotection · ease · softness
union
Joining into one
- job securityProtected employment status
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- overstaffingSurplus of workers
work rules · collective bargaining · protectionism · labor union · redundancy · bureaucracy · make-work · sinecure · bloat · staffing
- beddingsheets, pillow, blanket, blankets, mattress
- down-filled itemscomforters, duvets, puffer jackets, parkas
- linensbed linens, bed sheet, bedsheet, bed sheets, fitted sheet
featherbedswooden boards
featherbedshard ground
Compacted, unforgiving terrain
stone slab · sleeping rough · wooden planks · straw mat · bedroll
featherbedsdownsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
streamlining · layoffs · workforce reduction · rightsizing · staff cuts