- water bed
- a bed with a flexible water-containing mattress. The surface of the bed adapts itself to the patient's posture, which leads to greater comfort and fewer bedsores.
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water bed — ☆ water bed n. n. a heavy vinyl bag filled with water and used as a bed or as a mattress in a special bed frame: also waterbed n. * * * … Universalium
water bed — ☆ water bed n. n. a heavy vinyl bag filled with water and used as a bed or as a mattress in a special bed frame: also waterbed n … English World dictionary
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Water bed heater — An appliance that uses an electric resistance coil to maintain the temperature of the water in a water bed at a comfortable level. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary … Energy terms
water bed — noun Date: 1844 a bed whose mattress is a watertight bag filled with water … New Collegiate Dictionary
water bed — see waterbed … English dictionary
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bed — bedless, adj. bedlike, adj. /bed/, n., v., bedded, bedding. n. 1. a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 2. the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 3. the bedstead… … Universalium
