slumber
noun/ˈslʌmbə(r)/
/ˈslʌmbər/
[uncountable, countable, usually plural] (literary)- sleep; a time when somebody is sleeping
- She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.
- The phone suddenly roused her from slumber.
- I don’t want to wake him from his slumbers.
- We could hear the breathing of someone in a deep slumber.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySlumber is used before these nouns:- party
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation.
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