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deathbed

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛθˌbɛd/(UK)

Definition of deathbed

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The bed on which someone dies.
    “He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.”
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noun

  1. The bed on which someone dies.
    “He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.”
  2. The last hours before death.
  3. A grave; the site of a burial or entombment.
    ““Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top. Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.””

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Etymology

From Middle English dethbed, from Old English dēaþbedd (“deathbed; grave”), equivalent to death + bed. Cognate with Swedish dödsbädd (“deathbed”). Compare also Dutch sterfbed (“deathbed”), German Sterbebett and Totenbett (both “deathbed”), Danish dødsleje (“deathbed”).

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