ETERNAL SLEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eternal sleep mean? 

• ETERNAL SLEEP (noun)
  The noun ETERNAL SLEEP has 1 sense:

1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

  Familiarity information: ETERNAL SLEEP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETERNAL SLEEP (noun)

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Meaning:

Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

eternal rest; eternal sleep; quietus; rest; sleep

Context example:

they had to put their family pet to sleep

Hypernyms ("eternal sleep" is a kind of...):

death (the absence of life or state of being dead)