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noun 
  1. A pad often of soft cushiony material for sleeping on. Usually a mattress has an inner section of coiled springs for support surrounded with a foam pad or another pad made of cushioning material then topped with a cloth outer cover.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: matras
  • French: matelas
  • German: Matratze
  • Italian: materasso
  • Spanish: colchón
Etymology: From Middle English materas < Old French < Arabic root mtrh (place where something is resting)

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