as in beds
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 mattresses
It’s made with a bamboo blend to ensure a comfortable sleep, which shoppers say also makes firm mattresses softer.
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Ali Faccenda, People.com, 24 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
The bedrooms have queen beds topped with Casper mattresses and there are three decks to take in the views from.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
Each of its 256 cells houses an average of 156 inmates in metal bunks with no mattresses or sheets and only two toilets and two sinks for the entire group.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Already, the area in front of the school was snarled with donkey carts loaded with people’s belongings, cooking gas cylinders, jugs of drinking water, mattresses and tarps.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Softer mattresses can shape better to a side sleeper, but firm mattresses are more aligned if constructed well.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2025
Memory foam mattresses kicked off the mattress-in-a-box craze.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2025
Ali Faccenda, People.com, 24 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
The bedrooms have queen beds topped with Casper mattresses and there are three decks to take in the views from.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
Each of its 256 cells houses an average of 156 inmates in metal bunks with no mattresses or sheets and only two toilets and two sinks for the entire group.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Already, the area in front of the school was snarled with donkey carts loaded with people’s belongings, cooking gas cylinders, jugs of drinking water, mattresses and tarps.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Softer mattresses can shape better to a side sleeper, but firm mattresses are more aligned if constructed well.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2025
Memory foam mattresses kicked off the mattress-in-a-box craze.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Mattresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mattresses. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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