air mattress
noun
plural air mattresses
: a soft, airtight plastic case that is designed to be inflated and used as a bed
And take it from my early 1960s-model spine, a modern air mattress—cheap, simple to inflate and reliable—is something that many parents will find essential when sleeping in a tent.—
Steve Stephens
Steve Stephenscalled also air bed
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Inflation method Basic bounce houses use an air pump to inflate, just like an air mattress.
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Three of the kids sleep in bed with her; the oldest sleeps on an air mattress.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
The compact vacuum even blows up air mattresses and compresses vacuum storage bags.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, Saft asked for four hundred dollars to buy a bed frame and an air mattress.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Three of the kids sleep in bed with her; the oldest sleeps on an air mattress.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
The compact vacuum even blows up air mattresses and compresses vacuum storage bags.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, Saft asked for four hundred dollars to buy a bed frame and an air mattress.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for air mattress
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“Air mattress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mattress. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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