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waterbed

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From water + bed.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: водно легло (vodno leglo) — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Danish: vandseng — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Dutch: waterbed — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Finnish: vesisänky — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • French: lit à eau — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Italian: materasso ad acqua — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannseng — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Spanish: cama de agua — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Spanish: colchón de agua — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Swedish: vattensäng — bed with a mattress filled with water
  • Turkish: su yatağı — bed with a mattress filled with water