noun
- the bed in which a person dies or is dying
- the last hours before death
adjective
- made or occurring just before death
Examples
- She rushed to her grandfather’s deathbed to say goodbye.
- The family gathered around his deathbed during his final moments.
- He made a deathbed confession about the crime.
- The dying man called for his lawyer to make a deathbed will.
- Her deathbed wish was to see her children one last time.
- The priest arrived to give last rites at the deathbed.
- He spent his final days peacefully in his deathbed at home.