deathbed /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/noun 3forms 1phrases 2 noun3 •The bed on which someone dies.He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life. — 1886 •The last hours before death. •A grave; the site of a burial or entombment.“Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top. Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.” — 1961 formsdeathbeds Phrases with deathbed deathbed conversionAcceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and after death. on one's deathbedClose to death.
