mattress

as in bed
a cloth case that is filled with material and used as something on which to sleep They bought a new mattress with the intention of getting a more restful night's sleep.

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Recent Examples of mattress Not just for mattresses or melatonin, but for devices that promise to decode our dreams, coach us into REM, and deliver the kind of rest that our grandparents took for granted. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025 The sustainability factor is evident here, too, from the timber ceilings to cork-upholstered sofas, organic wool-and-cotton, king-size mattresses, and the limestone plaster walls. John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2025 Depending on your sleeping position, various sleep products—such as pillows and mattresses—are available to help support your spine. David Kesselman, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025 Personal effects of little value to thieves — mattresses, clothes, photographs, children’s toys — litter the park. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mattress
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Noun
  • If that wing was being used, there would be more beds upstairs.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The team’s biggest concerns for 390’s recovery since July has been that the growth bed would be too damaged for the keratin to regrow and that the bone that supports the entire structure of the upper beak may have too much missing and grow back together.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the living room, the sofa pillows stood perfectly upright, and there was nary a water ring on any of the polished furniture.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
  • There's a flexible hose to nab hard-to-reach messes, a transparent crevice tool for corners and sofa cushions, as well as a dust brush to loosen hair and dust from upholstery.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Scheffler remembers watching the tournament on TV as a boy, sitting on the couch next to his father.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Suleman posted pictures of her son as a baby, smiling in the bathtub with a few of his siblings, spending time outdoors and enjoying time on the couch.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Police said the missing woman’s body was found wrapped in a sheet and shower curtain and stuffed inside a futon.
    Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
  • This vegan leather option switches from a couch to a futon that’s only about 6 inches wider than a twin bed for a compact and reliable furniture piece.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
    Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.
    Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024

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“Mattress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mattress. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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