mattress
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.mat·tress
noun \ˈma-trəs\Definition of MATTRESS
1
a : a fabric case filled with resilient material (as cotton, hair, feathers, foam rubber, or an arrangement of coiled springs) used either alone as a bed or on a bedstead b : an inflatable airtight sack for use as a mattress
2
: a device (as of interwoven brush and poles) used to protect a shoreline, bank, or streambed from erosion
See Origin of MATTRESS
Middle English materas, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin materacium, from Arabic maṭraḥ place where something is thrown
First Known Use: 14th century
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