waterbed
noun
wa·ter·bed
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌbed 
ˈwä-
variants
or water bed
: a bed whose mattress is a watertight bag filled with water
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Hodges built a low stage using leftover materials from the waterbed business, and the venue hosted blues, bluegrass and rock ’n’ roll artists.
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Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
In Alaska, where permafrost is thawing into a substrate more akin to a waterbed, roads can resemble an undulating line of ribbon candy.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
But even as waterbed design has evolved in modern times (more stability, less sloshing), these once-popular mattresses have seen a significant decline.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
With a bassline that undulates like a waterbed, Uchis looks in the mirror and imagines what could be.
—Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
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Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
In Alaska, where permafrost is thawing into a substrate more akin to a waterbed, roads can resemble an undulating line of ribbon candy.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
But even as waterbed design has evolved in modern times (more stability, less sloshing), these once-popular mattresses have seen a significant decline.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
With a bassline that undulates like a waterbed, Uchis looks in the mirror and imagines what could be.
—Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
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waterbed
noun
wa·ter·bed
variants
or water bed
: a bed whose mattress is a watertight bag filled with water
called also hydrostatic bed
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