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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmateras, fromOld French, fromArabicمَطْرَح(maṭraḥ,“place where something is thrown”), fromطَرَحَ(ṭaraḥa,“to throw”). Comparedivan, from Persian via Turkish (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mattress (pluralmattresses)

  2. Apad on which a person canrecline andsleep, usually having an inner section ofcoiledsprings covered withfoam or othercushioning material then enclosed withclothfabric.
  3. A form ofretaining wall used to support foundations or an embankment
  4. A form oflagging, in particular for boilers.
    • 1941 April, “British Locomotive Developments”, inThe Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press,→ISSN,→OCLC, page173:
      Spun glassmattresses are used for lagging the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring.
    • 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, inRailway Magazine, page185:
      The boiler and firebox are lagged with a lightweight Fibreglassmattress.

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Translations

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a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
engineering: a flat structure of brushwood or similar material used to provide a foundation for a structure including embankments

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Verb

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mattress (third-person singular simple presentmattresses,present participlemattressing,simple past and past participlemattressed)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a thick layer, like a mattress; toblanket.
    • 1997, Andrew R. M. Patterson,A planet through a field of stars, page123:
      A comfortable litter of pine needles hadmattressed the ground and spreading branches had been a canopy overhead.

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