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Meaning of morning sleep | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The second sleep of the night in a biphasic sleep pattern, after the watch.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“Until the close of the early modern era, Western Europeans on most evenings experienced two major intervals of sleep bridged by up to an hour or more of quiet wakefulness. […] The succeeding interval of slumber was called “second” or “morning” sleep.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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