mattress
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mattress
- /ˈmætɹɪs/
Rhymes with -ætɹɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English materas, from Old French matras, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Compare divan, from Persian via Turkish (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans).
noun mattresses
- 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.
- A form of retaining wall used to support foundations or an embankment
- A form of lagging, in particular for boilers. Spun glass mattresses are used for lagging the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring.
verb mattresses · mattressing · mattressed
- To cover with a thick layer, like a mattress; to blanket. A comfortable litter of pine needles had mattressed the ground and spreading branches had been a canopy overhead.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cushion, crib, mat, bed, buffer, raft, product, mattresses, pallet, pad, futon, berth, tick, sleeping pad, bedroll, airbed
Translations
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noun a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
| Español | colchón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 매트리스 maeteuriseu, 요 yo |
| 日本語 | 布団 futon, マットレス mattoresu |
| 中文 | 床墊 /床垫 chuángdiàn |
| हिन्दी | गद्दा gaddā, गादी gādī, गद्दी gaddī, तोशक tośak |
| Kiswahili | godoro, mto |
| Português | colchão |
| Français | matelas |
| Deutsch | Matratze |
| Italiano | materasso |
| Ελληνικά | στρώμα stróma |
| Română | saltea |
| Русский | матра́с matrás, матра́ц matrác |
| Tiếng Việt | nệm |
| العربية | فِرَاش firāš, مَرْتَبَة martaba |
| עברית | מִזְרָן mizrán |
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title = {mattress},
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