Definitions for mattress
ˈmæ trɪsmat·tress

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mattressnoun

   a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mattressnoun

   A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.

2. mattressnoun

   A form of retaining wall used to support foundations or an embankment

3. Etymology: From Middle English materas, from Old French, from Arabic (máʈraħ) (place where something is thrown), from (ʈáraħa), to throw.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mattressnoun

   A kind of quilt made to lie upon.

   Etymology: matras, French; attras, Welsh.

   Their mattresses were made of feathers and straw, and sometimes of furs from Gaul. Arbuthnot.

   Nor will the raging fever’s fire abate,
   With golden canopies and beds of state;
   But the poor patient will as soon be found
   On the hard mattress, or the mother ground. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mattress

   A mattress is a large, usually rectangular pad for supporting a lying person. It is designed to be used as a bed, or on a bed frame as part of a bed. Mattresses may consist of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, containing materials such as hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, or a framework of metal springs. Mattresses may also be filled with air or water.Mattresses are usually placed on top of a bed base which may be solid, as in the case of a platform bed, or elastic, such as an upholstered wood and wire box spring or a slatted foundation. Popular in Europe, a divan incorporates both mattress and foundation in a single upholstered, footed unit. Divans have at least one innerspring layer as well as cushioning materials. They may be supplied with a secondary mattress or a removable "topper". Mattresses may also be filled with air or water, or a variety of natural fibers, such as in futons. Kapok is a common mattress material in Southeast Asia, and coir in South Asia.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mattress

   A mattress is a large, rectangular pad designed to support the reclining body, typically used as a bed or as part of a bed. Mattresses may consist of a quilted or similarly fastened case, typically of heavy cloth, which contains materials such as hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, or metal spring coils. The mattress supports the back and joints, and provides comfort during sleep or rest.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mattressnoun

   a quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened

2. Mattressnoun

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

3. Etymology: [OF. materas, F. matelas, LL. matratium; cf. Sp. & Pg. almadraque, Pr. almatrac; all from Ar. marah a place where anything is thrown, what is thrown under something, fr. araha to throw.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mattress

   A mattress is a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed. Mattresses may consist of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc.; a framework of metal springs; or they may be inflatable. The word mattress derives from the Arabic "matrah", which means "to throw down" or "place where something is thrown" or "mat, cushion." During the Crusades Europeans adopted the Arabic method of sleeping on cushions on the floor, and the word materas eventually descended into Middle English through the Romance languages. Mattresses are usually placed on top of a bed base which may be solid, as in the case of a platform bed, or elastic, e.g. with an upholstered wood and wire box spring or a slatted foundation. Flexible bed bases can prolong the life of the mattress. Popular in Europe, a divan incorporates both mattress and foundation in a single upholstered, footed unit. Divans have at least one innerspring layer as well as cushioning materials. They may be supplied with a secondary mattress and/or a removable "topper." Early mattresses contained a variety of natural materials including straw, feathers or horse hair. In the first half of the 20th century, a typical mattress sold in North America had an innerspring core and cotton batting or fiberfill. Modern mattresses usually contain either an inner spring core or materials such as latex, viscoelastic or other flexible polyurethane foams. Other fill components include insulator pads over the coils that prevent the bed's upholstery layers from cupping down into the innerspring, as well as polyester fiberfill in the bed's top upholstery layers. Mattresses may also be filled with air or water, or a variety of natural fibers, such as in futons. In Southeast Asia, bedding is made with kapok. In 1901 the English bed maker VI-Spring introduced the first individually wrapped pocketed spring coil mattress.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mattress

   mat′res, n. a bed made of a bag stuffed with wool, horse-hair, &c.: a mass of brushwood, &c., used to form a foundation for roads, &c., or for the walls of embankments, &c.—Spring mattress, a mattress in which springs of twisted wire are used to support the stuffed part; Wire mattress, one whose elasticity is produced by a sheet of tightly-stretched wire. [O. Fr. materas (Fr. matelas)—Ar. matrah, a place where anything is thrown.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mattress

   A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other soft material, and quilted. Mattresses are much used by officers on campaigns.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MATTRESS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mattress is ranked #73464 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mattress surname appeared 264 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mattress.
   
   77.6% or 205 total occurrences were Black.
   18.9% or 50 total occurrences were White.
   1.8% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. • Pad

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Anagrams for mattress »

1. smartest

2. smatters

How to pronounce mattress?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say mattress in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mattress in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mattress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of mattress in a Sentence

1. Willa Cather:

   She used to drag her mattress besider her low window and lie awake for a long while, vibrating with excitement, as a machine vibrates from speed. Life rushed in upon her through that window - or so it seemed. In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. There is no work of art so big or so beautiful that is was not once all contained in some youthful body, like this one which lay on the floor in the moonlight, pulsing with ardor and anticipation.

2. Noriko Ainoya:

   I'm scared to keep money under the mattress, but I don't know about investing, either, since there's no knowing how stocks will move.

3. Amanda Saucedo:

   There wasn't anything on him when I woke, amanda Saucedo were sleeping on my bed, so of course the mattress isn't going to be as firm as a crib mattress. So it could have compromised his airway, or maybe I was exhaling in his face and he wasn't getting enough oxygen. I'm not really sure.Read More.

4. Blake Collins:

   They're crawling on our bed sheets, they're crawling on our mattress.

5. Jeff Chapin:

   Buying a mattress ranks up there with buying a used car for the worst customer experience, you go to a mattress retailer, and they’ve got 50 beds for you to try. There’s no way you can differentiate. You end up buying one and taking it home and second-guessing yourself. We wanted to eliminate all that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mattress
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mattress
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mattress
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mattress
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mattress
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mattress
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mattress