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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

deathbed
    n 1: the last few hours before death
    2: the bed on which a person dies

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Deathbed \Death"bed\, n.
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

         That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the
         Queen's deathbed is described.           --Thackeray.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Deathbed:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

agony, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes, deathwatch, dying breath, eleventh-hour, extremity, final extremity, last agony, last breath, last gasp, last-minute, later, moribundity, throes of death

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