While the average size of a mattress used to be 6 inches, maybe 8 inches if it was plush, now innerspring mattresses routinely clock in at 12 - 14 inches-some even more.
Another word for original. adjective. Preceding all others in time: earliest, first, initial, maiden, pioneer, primary, prime, primordial. See start. Arising from or going to the root or source: basal, basic, foundational, fundamental, primary, radical, underlying.
[Middle English biginnen, from Old English beginnan.] Synonyms: begin, start, commence, launch1, initiate, inaugurate. These verbs mean to take the initial step in doing something. Begin and start are the most general: The conductor began the program with a medley of waltzes. We started our journey in Montreal.