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deathwatch

UK/ˈdɛθwɒtʃ/

deathwatch noun: a vigil beside a dying person.

deathwatch: a vigil beside a dying person
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Noun

deathwatch (plural deathwatches)

  1. A vigil beside a dying person
  2. One who guards a condemned person before execution.
  3. A deathwatch beetle.

deathwatch meaning in Tamil and Bengali

deathwatch in Tamil

கண்காணிப்பு, மரணதண்டனைக்கு முன் நிறுத்தப்படும் காவல்

deathwatch in Bengali

মরোমরো ব্যক্তির পাশে জাগরণ, ডেথওয়াচ বিটল

Forms of deathwatch

pluraldeathwatches

Origin of deathwatch

From death + watch.

Phrases with deathwatch

Questions about deathwatch

What does deathwatch mean?
Deathwatch means a vigil beside a dying person.
What is deathwatch in Tamil?
Deathwatch in Tamil is கண்காணிப்பு, மரணதண்டனைக்கு முன் நிறுத்தப்படும் காவல். See Deathwatch meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deathwatch?
Deathwatch is a noun.
How do you pronounce deathwatch?
Deathwatch is pronounced /ˈdɛθwɒtʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of deathwatch?
The plural of deathwatch is deathwatches.

Words near deathwatch in the dictionary

  1. deathtimes
  2. deathtrap
  3. deathtraps
  4. deathward
  5. deathwards
  6. deathwatch
  7. deathwatch beetle
  8. deathwatch beetles
  9. deathwatches
  10. deathwise
  11. deathwish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deathwatch (page history and authors); deathwatch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deathwatch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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