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 Definitions of mattress  [ˈmæ trɪs]  

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Definition of 'mattress' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mattress
a large pad used as or on a bed and consisting of a cloth case filled with straw, cotton, foam rubber, or similar supporting material.

2.  mattress
a mat woven of brush, poles, or similar material, used to prevent erosion of dikes, jetties, etc.

3.  mattress
a layer of any material used to cushion or protect.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME materas < OF < It materasso < Ar ma&tdotbelow;ra&hdotbelow; mat, cushion)

Definition of 'mattress' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mattress
a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed


Definition of 'mattress' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) mattress
the thick soft part of a bed
a firm/soft mattress


Definition of 'mattress' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) mattress
a quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened

2. (noun) mattress
a mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves


Translation of 'mattress' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a thick, firm layer of padding, covered in cloth etc, for lying on, usually as part of a bed.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: matras Arabic flag Arabic: فِراش Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дюшек
Brazilian flag Brazilian: colchão Czech flag Czech: matrace German flag German: die Matratze
Danish flag Danish: madras Greek flag Greek: στρώμα Spanish flag Spanish: colchón
Estonian flag Estonian: madrats Farsi flag Farsi: تشک Finnish flag Finnish: patja
French flag French: matelas Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִזרָן Hindi flag Hindi: गद्दा
Croatian flag Croatian: strunjača, madrac Hungarian flag Hungarian: matrac Indonesian flag Indonesian: matras, kasur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dÿna Italian flag Italian: materasso Japanese flag Japanese: マットレス
Korean flag Korean: 매트리스 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: matracas Latvian flag Latvian: matracis
Malay flag Malay: tilam Dutch flag Dutch: matras Norwegian flag Norwegian: madrass
Polish flag Polish: materac Persian flag Persian: ،دوشك تشک Pashto flag Pashto: نالى،دوشكه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: colchão Romanian flag Romanian: saltea Russian flag Russian: матрас
Slovak flag Slovak: matrac Slovenian flag Slovenian: žimnica Serbian flag Serbian: madrac
Swedish flag Swedish: madrass Thai flag Thai: ที่นอน Turkish flag Turkish: şilte, döşek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 床墊 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: матрац Urdu flag Urdu: گدّا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nệm Chinese flag Chinese: 床垫

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