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• mat|tress — «MAT rihs», noun. 1. a casing of strong cloth stuffed with hair, cotton, straw, foam rubber, or some other material. It is used on a bed or as a bed. »Many mattresses have springs inside. 2. a strong mat consisting especially of brush and rods or …   Useful english dictionary

• tress — ac·tress; an·ces·tress; ar·bi·tress; au·di·tress; ben·e·fac·tress; but·tress·less; cap·tress; co·ad·ju·tress; com·for·tress; con·duc·tress; dic·ta·tress; di·rec·tress; dis·tress·ful; dis·tress·ing·ly; doc·tress; ed·i·tress; elec·tress;… …   English syllables

• mat — ach·ro·mat; ach·ro·mat·ic; achro·mat·o·cyte; ac·ous·mat·ic; ac·ro·a·mat·ic; ac·ro·a·mat·ics; ac·ro·mon·o·gram·mat·ic; ag·al·mat·o·lite; ag·ro·cli·mat·ic; al·lo·chro·mat·ic; al·lo·se·mat·ic; amag·mat·ic; am·bly·chro·mat·ic; am·phi·sto·mat·ic;… …   English syllables

• mattress — mat·tress …   English syllables

• mattress — mat•tress [[t]ˈmæ trɪs[/t]] n. 1) cv a large pad used as or on a bed and consisting of a cloth case filled with straw, cotton, foam rubber, or similar supporting material 2) air mattress 3) cv a mat woven of brush, poles, or similar material,… …   From formal English to slang

• mattress suture — mat·tress suture ma trəs n a surgical stitch in which the suture is passed back and forth through both edges of a wound so that the needle is reinserted each time on the side of exit and passes through to the side of insertion called also… …   Medical dictionary

• mattress — mat|tress [ˈmætrıs] n ↑ladder, ↑mattress [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: materas, from Arabic matrah place where something is thrown ] the soft part of a bed that you lie on firm/soft/hard etc mattress ▪ an old, lumpy mattress …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mattress — mat|tress [ mætrəs ] noun count the part of a bed made of thick soft material that you put on the bed s base to make it more comfortable: a lumpy mattress …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Air mattress — An air mattress is an inflatable mattress/sleeping pad. [ [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=air%20mattress Air mattress] (definition on Princeton WordNet. Accessed 2008 08 10.)] Due to its buoyancy, it is also often used as a toy… …   Wikipedia

• innerspring mattress — Mattress 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English