mattress pad

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   a protective pad over a mattress to protect it

   Broaderpad

Questions about mattress pad

What does mattress pad mean?

mattress pad means "a protective pad over a mattress to protect it".

Is mattress pad a common word?

mattress pad is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.