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sick·bed

 (sĭk′bĕd′)
n.
A sick person's bed.
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sickbed

(ˈsɪkbɛd) or

sick-bed

n
an invalid's bed
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sick•bed

(ˈsɪkˌbɛd)

n.
the bed used by a sick person.
[1375–1425]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sickbed - the bed on which a sick person liessickbed - the bed on which a sick person lies
bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
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Translations

sickbed

[ˈsɪkbed] Nlecho m de enfermo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sickbed

sick-bed [ˈsɪkbɛd] nlit m de maladesick building syndrome nsyndrome m des bâtiments malsains
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sickbed

[ˈsɪkˌbɛd] nletto di ammalato
he rose from his sickbed to attend the meeting → fu costretto a lasciare il letto per partecipare alla riunione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sickbed

n lecho (de enfermo)
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature ?
Rumour, in this instance, did no more than justice to the truth; and over the sickbed many confidences were exchanged, and clouds that had been growing for years passed away in a few hours, and as fond mankind loves to hope, for ever.
She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper--Elizabeth was saved, but the consequences of this imprudence were fatal to her preserver.
He saved the credit of the Erie by telephone--lent it five million dollars as he lay at home on a sickbed. "He is a slave to the telephone," wrote a magazine writer.
One source said: "The production will need a few people really to be super troupers and get off their sickbeds this week.