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.
2. the act or process of abbreviating something, or the result of this. acronym (noun) [etymology: 1940s: from Greek akron point or tip + onyma name.]. a word made from the first letters or syllables of other words, and usually pronounced as a word in its own right, . Compare abbreviation, contraction, initialism.noun). 1. a shortened form of a word or phrase. 2. the process or result of abbreviating. acronym (noun) [ORIGIN from Greek akron 'end, tip' + onoma 'name'.]. a word formed from the initial letters of other words (. , ).