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deathbed

'deθbed4 senses · 72 ms
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noun/ˈdɛθˌbɛd/
  1. 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. 2

    The last hours before death.

  3. 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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