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water bed

British  

noun

  1. a waterproof mattress filled with water

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I had to leave the water bed behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

My wife isn't into chocolate, so she booked a seaweed wrap, which was done on a water bed, and absolutely loved it.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2023

Even when they moved into a larger house, they said, five boys shared one bed — a water bed with no headboard or frame, just a mattress.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2019

Roll the film: me emptying my water bed into the bathtub so I can move out, while Jenny Braggs weeps copious tears.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 11, 2013

There was every kind of water bed you could imagine: different kinds of wood, different patterns of sheets; queen-size, king-size, emperor-of-the-universe-size.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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