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Adaptable furniture fun to convert (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

futon

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'adaptable furniture' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'fun to convert' is the wordplay.
'convert' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'converted' mean this).
'fun'+'to'='funto'
'funto' with letters rearranged gives 'FUTON'.

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(Other definitions for futon that I've seen before include "Kind of Japanese chair-bed" , "Type of sofa bed" , "Japanese floor-mattress" , "Japanese sofa bed" , "'Japanese mattress, can be folded (5)'" .)

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