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DEATHBED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bed on which a person dies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("deathbed" is a kind of...):
bed (a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The last few hours before death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("deathbed" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)