Mattress Definition

mătrĭs
mattresses
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.
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An inflatable pad used in the same way.
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That part of a water bed that contains the water, providing cushioned support.

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A mass or mat of interwoven brushwood, poles, etc. used to protect an embankment or dike from erosion, etc.
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Other Word Forms of Mattress

Noun

Singular:
mattress
Plural:
mattresses

Origin of Mattress

  • Middle English mattresse from Old French materas from Old Italian materasso and from Medieval Latin matracium both from Arabic maṭraḥ place where something is thrown, mat, cushion from ṭaraḥa to throw ṭrḥ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English materas, from Old French, from Arabic مطرح (máʈraħ, “place where something is thrown"), from طرح (ʈáraħa, “to throw").

    From Wiktionary

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