mattress

noun

mat·tress ˈma-trəs

plural mattresses

: a fabric case filled with resilient material (such as cotton, hair, feathers, foam rubber, or an arrangement of coiled springs) used either alone as a bed or on a bedstead

: a soft, airtight case that is designed to be inflated and used as a bed : air mattress

: a device (as of interwoven brush and poles) used to protect a shoreline, bank, or streambed from erosion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Most people will agree that a good night's sleep is important, and there's no better way to achieve that than to treat yourself to a quality mattress. —

Carly Kulzer, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023 Casper is hiring professional nappers with 'exceptional sleeping ability' The mattress brand is hiring people to sleep for a living. —

Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022 This month Big Fig, the first mattress brand to cater exclusively to the plus-size sleeper, launched a new platform dedicated to the plus-size demographic. —

Virgie Tovar, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 But come January, the mattress company that spanned three generations of Holtzclaw family ownership and first delivered its beds out of a Ford Model T will be saying goodbye to the area after more than 107 years in business. —

Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 27 Dec. 2022 Naperville firefighters responding to a 6:30 a.m. emergency call in the 800 block of Plainfield-Naperville Road arrived to find a mattress on fire in the basement, a Naperville Fire Department report said. —

Naperville Sun Staff, Chicago Tribune, 27 Dec. 2022 The aftermath of stabbings, suicides, shootings, alcohol poisonings and overdoses, and one body set on fire on a mattress in the woods. —

Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2022 Size isn't the only thing this mattress has going for it though. —

Kurt Spurlock, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022 And while the lack of heat lowered the temperature in the operating room and intensive care unit, Nikol was kept warm by a special heated mattress and operating table. —

David L. Stern, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022 See More

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