noun
lilo
LEYE-loh
noun
1
British: an inflatable mattress used for floating on water or camping.
"The kids spent all afternoon paddling around the pool on a lilo."
How to Use Lilo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA blow-up mattress, mainly used in British English; Americans usually say "air mattress" or "pool float."
UK vs US
This word is mostly British; American English rarely uses it.
Word Forms
lilos plural
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Etymology
From "Li-Lo," the trademark of a company that made rubberized-canvas air mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s — itself a playful respelling of "lie low."