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mat·tress (ma′trəs)
noun
- a casing of strong fabric filled with cotton, hair, foam rubber, etc., usually containing coiled springs, often quilted or tufted at intervals, and used on or as a bed
- an inflatable pad used in the same wayin full air mattress
- a mass or mat of interwoven brushwood, poles, etc. used to protect an embankment or dike from erosion, etc.
Etymology: ME materas < OFr < It materasso < Ar maṭraḥ, place where something is thrown or laid, cushion
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