matrass noun2.
['matras] E17.[French matras, perh. from MATRASS noun1 (with allus. to the shape), infl. by Arab. mara leather bottle, or ult. from Greek metrētēs a liquid measure.]Chemistry. A glass vessel with a round or oval body and a long neck, formerly used in distillation.
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