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water bed

water bed is the alternative spelling of waterbed.

Meaning of waterbed

Noun

waterbed (plural waterbeds)

  1. A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water.
    • When I ask to sleep over at my friends’ houses, I am told I am not allowed. Boys are not allowed. My friend Caitie’s mother argues about this on the phone with my mother. I realize my mother is not on my side. Later, my mother tells me Caitie’s mother is divorced, has a tattoo, and sleeps on a...2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium

Forms of water bed

pluralwater beds

Questions about water bed

What is water bed the alternative spelling of?
Water bed is the alternative spelling of waterbed.

Words near water bed in the dictionary

  1. water bead
  2. water beads
  3. water bear
  4. Water Bearer
  5. water bears
  6. water bed
  7. water beds
  8. water beech
  9. water beetle
  10. water beetles
  11. water bench

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