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mattress

[ ma-tris ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a mat woven of brush, poles, or similar material, used to prevent erosion of the surface of dikes, jetties, embankments, dams, etc.
  3. a layer of concrete placed on bare ground, as to provide a footing; mat.
  4. a layer of any material used to cushion, protect, reinforce, or the like.


mattress

/ ˈæٰɪ /

noun

  1. 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
  2. Also calledDutch mattress a woven mat of brushwood, poles, etc, used to protect an embankment, dyke, etc, from scour
  3. a concrete or steel raft or slab used as a foundation or footing Sometimes shortened tomat
  4. a network of reinforcing rods or expanded metal sheeting, used in reinforced concrete
  5. civil engineering another name for blinding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mattress1

1250–1300; Middle English materas < Old French < Italian materasso < Arabic ṭrḥ mat, cushion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mattress1

C13: via Old French from Italian materasso, from Arabic almatrah place where something is thrown
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Another 159 layoffs are planned at the Bureau of Sanitation, which handles trash pickup and the removal of “bulky items” like mattresses and couches from the curb.

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Throughout the series, the women battled it out in boxing matches, basketball contests and even a bizarre contest where they had to devise a TV advert for a mattress, à la The Apprentice.

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Vibrant pink bedside tables add a punch of color on either side of the blue and white checked handcrafted Hästens mattress, which sells for $30,000 and includes the bed, box spring and mattress topper.

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But festival-goers arrived in the Bahamas to find all the talent cancelled, bare mattresses to sleep on in storm-ravaged tents and cheese sandwiches in takeaway containers to eat.

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However, he said that with no mattresses, anyone lying on the floor of the tent would have been colder.

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