'Deathbed' definitions:
Definition of 'deathbed'
(from WordNet)
noun
The last few hours before death
noun
The bed on which a person dies
Definition of 'Deathbed'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'deathbed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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