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presleep

presleep adjective: before a period of sleep.

Adjective

presleep (not comparable)

  1. Before a period of sleep.

Origin of presleep

From pre- + sleep.

Questions about presleep

What does presleep mean?
Presleep means before a period of sleep.
What part of speech is presleep?
Presleep is an adjective.

Words near presleep in the dictionary

  1. Preslands
  2. Preslar
  3. Preslars
  4. preslaughter
  5. preslavery
  6. presleep
  7. Presler
  8. Preslers
  9. Presley
  10. Presleyesque
  11. Presleyterian

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