mat·tress [mattressmattresses] BrE [ˈmætrəs] NAmE [ˈmætrəs] noun the soft part of a bed, that you lie on •a soft/hard mattress •We can sleep on a mattress on the floor.
Word Origin: Middle English: via Old French and Italian from Arabic maṭraḥ ‘carpet or cushion’, from ṭaraḥa ‘to throw’.
Example Bank: •The children slept on mattresses on the floor. •an old bed with a lumpy mattress