noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hard
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That, too, depends on individual choice, though medical opinion usually favours the hard mattress .
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The beds in the dormitory pull down from the wall and have hard plastic mattresses .
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They can still sleep in comfort because one half of the bed has a hard mattress , the other soft.
new
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There was a new straw mattress and brass bedsteads on which the morning sun glittered like gold.
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It may take a little time to adjust to anything, from strange surroundings to a new mattress .
■ NOUN
foam
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Spring and foam mattresses are a fairly new innovation, arguably combining the best of both worlds.
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A foam mattress supports the body with foam.
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A foam mattress was still saturated and a bottle of Johnson's Baby Sun Block was unreadable because of the blood.
straw
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Then, pocketing the money, she placed the box back underneath the straw mattress and rolled Granny on to her back again.
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Isabel bounced once against the plump straw mattress , then made a frantic bid for freedom.
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At first it was pleasant to lie back on the straw mattress and relax.
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It was an iron bed with two folded blankets on it and a thin straw mattress .
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There was a new straw mattress and brass bedsteads on which the morning sun glittered like gold.
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If the straw mattress was an inch out of line with the plank bed base, his food was reduced by one meal.
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Then they laid her back on the straw mattress and covered her with a sheet.
■ VERB
lie
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She was indoors, lying on a damp mattress , it was dark.
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We half sat, half lay on the mattress .
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They lie on a mattress in the living room and make love by candlelight.
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We lay on our mattress , propped against the back wall of the lean-to.
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In the haze I could see figures lying on mattresses on the floor.
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Ngune lay on the single mattress in the corner of his cell.
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All she wanted now was to get really stoned and lie back on the mattress thinking good thoughts.
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Now he could see that the shape in the hut lay on a mattress .
sleep
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He believed in the simple life and slept on a mattress on the floor.
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I slept on a mattress on the floor at cockroach level.
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The one-time King of Crime sleeps on a thin mattress on the floor, next to a stainless-steel toilet.
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So Noreen slept on a mattress too, a very hard one.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's important to have a good firm mattress .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I am opposed to air mattresses at a rendezvous, personally.
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Not surprisingly they're the most expensive too and the only type suitable to use with a pocket-sprung mattress .
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Sheets and mattress protectors are also available, if you have problems during the night.
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Shown here is the Regal Supreme, supplied complete with a pocket-sprung mattress to bring modern comfort to antique furniture.
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Then we barricaded ourselves in, piled our mattresses against the cell door.
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We half sat, half lay on the mattress .
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We sat on the mattress because that was all the furniture I had.