air mattress

noun

1. a mattress, usually of plastic or rubber, that can be inflated for use, as in camping, and deflated for storage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of air mattress¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Overall, this air mattress provides a very easy set up process.

From Popular-Science

Modern air mattresses can help you—and any friends and family who sleep over—avoid the tragedy of sleep deprivation.

From Popular-Science

The better models produce ample air pressure to maintain automobile and bike tires and to inflate balls or air mattresses.

From Popular-Science

Even her 20-year-old son, Willie, had moved in to help them watch kids, and he was sleeping on an air mattress in the basement.

From ProPublica

He slept on the couch while Nupur was on an air mattress, and at the end of the month, they were told they needed to pay rent — not atypical for collab houses, but not what Chase had originally communicated to Justin.

From Vox

That night, she says, she had too much to drink, so she wandered into one of the back bedrooms and fell asleep on an air mattress.

From The Daily Beast

She read the book from cover to cover as she lay upon her air mattress, tucked snugly between her blankets.

From Project Gutenberg

He settled himself on his air mattress and drew the blankets over him.

From Project Gutenberg

But, dear traveler, it is much simpler to take an air-mattress and a foot-pump.

From Project Gutenberg