Meaning of MATTRESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'matris
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed |
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| | See Also: | | air mattress, bed, feather bed, featherbed, futon, pad, paillasse, pallet, palliasse, spring mattress, tick | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | |  Mattress
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mat"tress\, n. [OF. materas, F. matelas, LL.
matratium; cf. Sp. & Pg. almadraque, Pr. almatrac; all from
Ar. ma[.t]rah a place where anything is thrown, what is
thrown under something, fr. [.t]araha to throw.]
1. A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other
suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened.
[Written also {matress}.]
2. (Hydraulic Engin.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles,
etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents
or waves.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a mattress in your dream means that you will have new responsibilities and duties that will need your attention for a short time.
Dreaming that you are sleeping on a new mattress, symbolizes happiness in your present stage of life. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Bank-protection structure consisting of a broad flat cage or network filled with stone and other local materials. |
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