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Verb  Word Origin  Example Bank Literary Slumber Slum•Ber

Front slumber
Back slum•ber
noun, verb
BrE /ˈslʌmbə(r)/
NAmE /ˈslʌmbər/
noun
 word origin
 example bank
[uncountable, countable, usually plural] (literary)
sleep; a time when sb is asleep

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.
verb
 verb forms
 word origin
 example bank
[intransitive] (literary)
to sleep

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