MATTRESS


Meaning of MATTRESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-trəs ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English materas, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin materacium, from Arabic maṭraḥ place where something is thrown

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : a fabric case filled with resilient material (as cotton, hair, feathers, foam rubber, or an arrangement of coiled springs) used either alone as a bed or on a bedstead

b. : an inflatable airtight sack for use as a mattress

2. : a device (as of interwoven brush and poles) used to protect a shoreline, bank, or streambed from erosion

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.