ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MATTRESS
Via Old French from Italian materasso, from Arabic almatrah place where something is thrown.
Definition of mattress in the English dictionary
The first definition of mattress in the dictionary is a large flat pad with a strong cover, filled with straw, foam rubber, etc, and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or as part of a bed. Other definition of mattress is Also called: Dutch mattress. a woven mat of brushwood, poles, etc, used to protect an embankment, dyke, etc, from scour. Mattress is also a concrete or steel raft or slab used as a foundation or footing Sometimes shortened to: mat.
8 QUOTES WITH «MATTRESS»
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mattress.
Those who have never suffered the iniquities of exile cannot possibly understand the significance, the gravitas, of a mattress.
I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper.
I don't live in D.C. I keep an air mattress in my office.
If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my cash in a mattress under my bed.
As a kid, I pretty much got nothing but scorn, and occasionally active animus, for writing fantasy and squirreling it away in my closet and, later, under the mattress supports in my bed.
The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
Apparently, if you live until 75, you'll have spent 25 years in bed, so it makes sense to have a decent mattress.
From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATTRESS»
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mattress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mattress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Read the evidence: \, Inside Every Springwall Mattress is a wonderful invention
that gives you posture- perfect sleep as no other mattress construction can. It's a
wall of 12 resilient steel anchors, and it holds the entire sleeping surface firm as ...
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Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents
How. to. Wrap. a. Mattress. for. SIDS. Prevention. Wrap any mattress that your
baby uses for sleeping, and leave the wrap on until your baby is well past the age
of a risk from SIDS (12 months). Here are the steps. 1 . Use thick, clear (not ...
Randall Neustaedter, 2005
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Receptive Methods in Music Therapy: Techniques and Clinical ...
your hips. ..let go and let your hips sink into the mattress. ..let the mattress hold
your hips, while they sink into the mattress and relax. (Now) be aware of your
bottom. ..let your bottom sink into the mattress. . .as if the mattress supports your ...
Denise Grocke, Tony Wigram, 2006
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Mattress Maker's Daughter
2. The. Mattress. Maker's. Daughter. She. was at the window's edge when they
caught her and pulled her back. another second and she would have been gone.
Perhaps the shutters wide open and the oilcloth rolled up had looked like an ...
5
Wicked Charleston: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition
By the turn of the twentieth century, Charleston streetwalking prostitutes had
picked up the nickname “mattress girls,” for the simple fact that they carried
mattresses slung over their shoulders to accommodate their customers. They
would find a ...
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Geotextiles and Geomembranes in Civil Engineering
The block mattress factory was built at the Sophia workharbour, on the island of
Noord-Beveland. At the beginning of the production- line six rolls of the geotextile
, adjacent to each other, are reeled off and immediately sewn together ...
G.P.T.M. van Santvoort, 1994
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Knack Dorm Living: Get the Room--And the Experience--You ...
maTTrESS covEr Make sleeping on an old-as-you-are surprisingly comfortable
Mattress toppers are a must if you hope to sleep soundly at all this semester. A
typical dorm mattress has been around longer than you have, is covered in vinyl,
...
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Roddy and the Magic
Mattress
Roddy And The Magic Mattress For Leo and Laura And Joanna And Jean and
Bod And Marcus, Louise and Hannah And Sophie and Katie And Rivern and
Alfie And Archie and Oscar And Toby and Ollie And Hugo and Archie And India
And ...
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Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes and Linens
Once upon a time, you would have planned on providing flat sheets large
enough to give 10 to 12 inches to tuck on each edge and top sheets that
extended 6 to 10 inches past the head of the mattress (so that you could have a
generous fold ...
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Beds and Bedroom Furniture
Bed basics Standard mattress sizes are given in the chart below, but when
buikling a bed, always measure the aetual mattress to be used because industry
standards can vary greatly. Don't forget to measure the thickness of the mattress (
a ...
Fine Woodworking, Taunton Press, 1997
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATTRESS»
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mattress is used in the context of the following news items.
Find Unforgettable Art In A Most Unlikely Place: A Pittsburgh …
It's one of the many unusual installations at The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Pa. Courtesy of The Mattress Factory. Inside the directors' ... «KTEP, Jul 15»
GameTech: Mattress is smart way to drift off
DON'T know about you, but my kettle can't talk to my smartphone. It only just learned how to whistle. Still, if the Luna mattress cover had its way, ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
Mattress company Tuft and Needle opens store in Phoenix
They say good things come in small packages, but what about a mattress that fits in a standard-sized cardboard box. A valley based company ... «FOX 10 News Phoenix, Jul 15»
Leesa Mattress Raises $9M to Deliver Sleep
In this Salute to American Success, we're taking a look at Leesa Mattress, a Virginia Beach, Virginia-based online luxury mattress startup. «Fox Business, Jul 15»
Henrico woman: Store delivered bed bug-infested mattress
A Henrico woman says she bought a mattress at Easy Home. It is a rent-to-own store on East Belt Boulevard. The customer claims she thought ... «WWBT NBC12 News, Jul 15»
Bank of America Rating Update on Mattress Firm Holding Corp …
Bank of America initiates coverage on Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:MFRM) . The global brokerage major announces a current price ... «Money Flow Index, Jul 15»
Premium Mattress Gallery: The Gift of Sleep
Did you know, however, that the right kind of mattress can really guarantee a good night's sleep? According to comprehensive studies done by ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
Mattress recycling encouraged
The trade group Nationwide Mattress Recycling reports that close to 4.5 million mattresses and box springs, or 250 million pounds, are ... «Great Bend Tribune, Jul 15»
Bamboozled: Is your baby mattress safe?
Garret was in a soft-sided play yard -- also called a porta-crib or playpen. In the play yard was a mattress. Not the mattress that came with the ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
Luna's Smart Mattress Cover Will Make Coffee As You Wake
One of Google's visions is to make technology smarter but also more transparent to the user. We can see this through little adjustments to the ... «Android Headlines - Android News, Jul 15»
