mat·tress
(măt′rĭs)n.
1.
a. A usually rectangular pad of heavy cloth filled with soft material or an arrangement of coiled springs, used as or on a bed.
b. An airtight inflatable pad used as or on a bed or as a cushion.
2. A closely woven mat of brush and poles used to protect an embankment, a dike, or a dam from erosion.
[Middle English materas, mattresse, from Old French materas, from Old Italian materasso and from Medieval Latin matracium, both from Arabic maṭraḥ, place where something is thrown, mat, cushion, from ṭaraḥa, to throw; see ṭrḥ in Semitic roots.]
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mattress
(ˈmætrɪs)n
1. (Furniture) 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. (Civil Engineering) Also called: Dutch mattress a woven mat of brushwood, poles, etc, used to protect an embankment, dyke, etc, from scour
3. (Building) a concrete or steel raft or slab used as a foundation or footing. Sometimes shortened to: mat
4. (Building) a network of reinforcing rods or expanded metal sheeting, used in reinforced concrete
5. (Civil Engineering) civil engineering another name for blinding3
[C13: via Old French from Italian materasso, from Arabic almatrah place where something is thrown]
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mat•tress
(ˈmæ trɪs)n.
1. 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.
3. a mat woven of brush, poles, or similar material, used to prevent erosion of dikes, jetties, etc.
4. a layer of any material used to cushion or protect.
[1250–1300; Middle English materas < Old French < Italian materasso < Arabic maṭraḥ mat, cushion]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  mattress - a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bedair mattress - a mattress that can be stored flat and inflated for use bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" feather bed, featherbed - a mattress stuffed with feathers futon - mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort pallet - a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed spring mattress - a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame tick - a light mattress |
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Translations
حَشِيَةٌفراشفِراش
matrace
madras
برخوابهتشكدوشك
patja
madrac
matracágybetét
matras
dÿna
マットレス
매트리스
matracas
matracis
matrac
vzmetnicažimnica
madrass
ที่นอน
đệm
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mattress
n → Matratze f
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mattress
(ˈmӕtris) noun a thick, firm layer of padding, covered in cloth etc, for lying on, usually as part of a bed.
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mattress
→ حَشِيَةٌ matrace madras Matratze στρώμα colchón patja matelas madrac materasso マットレス 매트리스 matras madrass materac colchão матрац madrass ที่นอน yatak đệm 床垫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
mattress
n. colchón.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
mattress
n colchón mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.