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Definition of mattress noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mattress

noun
 
/ˈmætrəs/
 
/ˈmætrəs/
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  1. the soft part of a bed, that you lie on
    • a soft/hard mattress
    • We can sleep on a mattress on the floor.
    • an old bed with a lumpy mattress
    see also air mattress
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • double
    • king-size
    • queen-size
    preposition
    • on a/​the mattress
    • under a/​the mattress
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French and Italian from Arabic maṭraḥ ‘carpet or cushion’, from ṭaraḥa ‘to throw’.
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