deathbed
(noun) the bed on which a person dies
deathbed
(noun) the last few hours before death
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deathbed (plural deathbeds)
The bed on which someone dies.
The last hours before death.
All three forms deathbed, death-bed, death bed are in use but deathbed seems to be preferred.
Source: Wiktionary
Death"bed, n.
Definition: The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
