mattress
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
a mat woven of brush, poles, or similar material, used to prevent erosion of the surface of dikes, jetties, embankments, dams, etc.
a layer of concrete placed on bare ground, as to provide a footing; mat.
a layer of any material used to cushion, protect, reinforce, or the like.
Origin of mattress
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How to use mattress in a sentence
Mattresses are still covered with bed sheets and closets are filled with clothes.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the absence of mattresses or beds, they sleep under trees.
We spent our days and nights with the kids at the center, sleeping on bunk beds with thin mattresses.
China Doesn't Want You to See the Internet Addiction Film 'Web Junkie' | Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn their home, mattresses litter the flood as people squeeze into any corner they can.
Israel’s Campaign to Send Gaza Back to the Stone Age | Jesse Rosenfeld | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe mattresses are taken off the beds, making four low oriental divans.
“I hear Gore’s voice and I want so much to be with him” | Anaïs Nin | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The boys slept that night on mattresses laid on the floor of one of the big empty rooms of the house.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondBut we passed up it and stopped, for on the carpeted mattresses before the throne lay Craney, all alone.
The Belted Seas | Arthur ColtonThey landed very safely, and carried Mrs Seagrave up to the tent, and laid her down on one of the mattresses.
Masterman Ready | Captain Frederick MarryatRound the three walls is a raised daīs called "lewan," covered with rugs or mattresses, on which the guests recline.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt | R. Talbot KellyShe saw brown arms shaking slashed mattresses and pillows out the windows.
Shaman | Robert Shea
British Dictionary definitions for mattress
/ (ˈmætrɪs) /
a large flat pad with a strong cover, filled with straw, foam rubber, etc, and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or as part of a bed
Also called: Dutch mattress a woven mat of brushwood, poles, etc, used to protect an embankment, dyke, etc, from scour
a concrete or steel raft or slab used as a foundation or footing: Sometimes shortened to: mat
a network of reinforcing rods or expanded metal sheeting, used in reinforced concrete
civil engineering another name for blinding (def. 3)
Origin of mattress
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