Trundle vs Mattress - What's the difference?
trundle | mattress |
A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed.
A small wheel or roller.
A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
(engineering) A lantern wheel, or one of its bars.
To wheel or roll, especially by pushing.
To (cause to) roll slowly and heavily on wheels.
Move heavily (on wheels).
To move (physically).
To move, often heavily or clumsily.
To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along.
A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.
A form of retaining wall used to support foundations or an embankment
As nouns the difference between trundle and mattress
is that trundle is a low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed while mattress is a pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.As a verb trundle
is to wheel or roll, especially by pushing.trundle
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (low bed on wheels) trundle bedVerb
(trundl)- Every morning, the vendors trundle their carts out into the market.
- to trundle a bed or a gun carriage
- to trundle a hoop or a ball
Derived terms
* trundle outReferences
* "trundle." WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 15 Jun. 2007.Dictionary.com. * "trundle." Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary. K Dictionaries Ltd. 15 Jun. 2007.
Dictionary.com.