noun

mattress

mattress

This new mattress is very comfortable.

This new mattress is very comfortable.

We need to buy a mattress for the guest room.

We need to buy a mattress for the guest room.

((a/the)) mattress a soft pad for sleeping on I bought a new mattress.

Synonyms: bed, pad

From Old French 'materas', from Arabic 'maṭraḥ' meaning 'cushion'.

Imagine someone named Matt who rests on his mattress. 'Matt rests' sounds like 'mattress'.

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