Definitions for mattress

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mattress mat·tress

Spelling: [ma-tris]

IPA: /ˈmæ trɪs/

Mattress is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 310 anagrams from letters in mattress (aemrsstt).

Definitions for mattress

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

Origin of mattress

1250-1300; Middle English materas Old French Italian materasso Arabic maṭraḥ mat, cushion

Examples for mattress

The mother unties the palm staves from the mattress, then takes the nylon ropes and ties the mattress to the boat.

Captain Beaudoin was again resting on his mattress in the large room.

They put a mattress in the bottom of the cart, and plenty of blankets.

The four of them move to the boat, right it, balance the mattress across its bow and shove it towards the water.

You tell Hassan to have the Iraqi army soldiers check the mattress.

Etienne could sleep in the shop, on a mattress on the floor, that was all.

Matthew complained about his jail-issued coveralls and the mattress in his cell after he was captured in Texas.

When the mattress was empty she got thirty sous for the sack so as to be able to have coffee.

The shirt was clotted with blood; so were the mattress under him and the floor.

The mattress causes the boat to tip forward, and in the ensuing rocking the boat begins to take on water.