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deathbed

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/Part of speech nounSorted abddeehtStarts with DEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the bed on which a person dies

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.
  • “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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