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(mat′rəs) noun
1. A casing of ticking or other strong fabric filled with hair, cotton, or rubber, and used as a bed.
2. A mat woven of brush, poles, etc., used in protecting embankments, forming dikes, jetties, etc. [<OF materas <Ital. materasso <Arabic matrah place where something is thrown]
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