sickbed (B1)
noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkbɛd/
Definition
A bed used by someone who is ill or injured, often for an extended period of time.
Examples
The patient was confined to her sickbed for several weeks after the surgery.
He spent most of his childhood in a sickbed, suffering from a chronic illness.
The nurse helped the old man back to his sickbed after he had fallen out of it.
How to Use sickbed
- be confined to one's sickbed (idiom)
- to be forced to stay in bed due to illness — "She was confined to her sickbed for several weeks after the surgery."
- take to one's sickbed (idiom)
- to go to bed due to illness — "He took to his sickbed after coming down with the flu."
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