Definition of Sickbed

1. Noun. The bed on which a sick person lies.

Generic synonyms: Bed

Definition of Sickbed

1. Noun. A bed used by a person who is sick. ¹

2. Noun. A place for convalescence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sickbed

1. a sick person's bed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickbed

sick note
sick of(p)
sick parade
sick pay
sick person
sick puppies
sick puppy
sick role
sick sinus syndrome
sick to one's stomach
sick up
sickbag
sickbags
sickbay
sickbays
sickbed (current term)
sickbeds
sicke
sicked
sickee
sickees
sicken
sickened
sickener
sickeners
sickening
sickeningly
sickeningness
sickens
sicker

Literary usage of Sickbed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"It is a woman who appears with bitten visage from the sickbed of culture. Ordinarily she refrains from speaking of these things to the gross multitude. ..."

2. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"It is a woman who appears with bitten visage from the sickbed of culture. Ordinarily she refrains from speaking of these things to the gross multitude. ..."

3. Southern Writers: Biographical and Critical Studies by William Malone Baskervill (1896)
"... acknowledging delicacies sent to his sickbed, will indicate : How oft the answers to our passing prayers Drop down in forms our fancy ne'er foretold! ..."

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