foam mattress

Memory sleeping surface

A foam mattress is a mattress made primarily of foam rather than traditional innerspring coils.

Memory foam, latex foam, and polyurethane foam are common materials, each offering different levels of firmness and support.

Foam mattresses gained popularity in the late 20th century as alternatives to spring mattresses: We bought a foam mattress for the guest room.

Related

supportive · soft · firm · coil · springs · box spring · sinking · sink in · comfort · contour · body · pressure · pressure points · relief · back · spine · topper · latex

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Opposites
mattress construction/material type

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Bed cushion with springs

spring mattress · waterbed · air mattress · futon · air bed

firmness/feel

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Unyielding sleep surface

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G