waterbed
pronunciation
How to pronounce waterbed in British English:
UK [ˈwɔ:təbed]
How to pronounce waterbed in American English:
US [ˈwɔtərbed]
Word Origin
- waterbed (n.)
- also water-bed, 1610s, "a bed on board a ship," from water (n.1) + bed (n.). As a water-tight mattress filled with water, it is recorded from 1844, originally for invalids to prevent bedsores. Reinvented c. 1970 as a stylish furnishing.