Definition of mattress
1a : 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 bedsteadb : 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
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Recent Examples of mattress from the Web
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Along with beverages, the bar offers four bedrooms just big enough to fit a mattress or two.
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Sulkowitz protested Columbia's handling of her complaint by carrying a 50-pound mattress around the upper Manhattan campus from September 2014 until her graduation in May 2015.
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At 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, elements of the outdoors are infused into each room, with every detail meticulously engineered to meet the highest standards of eco-consciousness, right down to the hemp-blend mattresses and organic sheets.
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Indeed, the popularity of probiotics has grown so much in recent years that manufacturers have even added the microorganisms to cosmetics and mattresses.
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If the struggle is extra real for you, there are a number of creative ways to actually get your butt off the mattress and into the real world.
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The selection of merchandise for the store, which will be about 30 percent of its current size, is still being determined but will include appliances, tools, mattresses, sporting goods, grills and lawn and garden items, Riefs said.
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Shoulders also is charged with the burning of a Huntsville mattress store in an unrelated case.
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Mattresses don’t have long lives at the busy Transitional Living Center, a converted hotel that shelters more than 300 people once living on the street.
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Origin and Etymology of mattress
Middle English materas, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin materacium, from Arabic maṭraḥ place where something is thrown
MATTRESS Defined for English Language Learners
mattress
playDefinition of mattress for English Language Learners
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: a cloth case that is filled with material and used as a bed
MATTRESS Defined for Kids
mattress
playDefinition of mattress for Students
: a springy pad for use on a bed
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