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Meaning of sleeping draught | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A liquid medicine that induces sleep.

dated

Examples

“In the evening, when the princess came and brought him his drink, he made appear as if he drank, but he threw it over his shoulder, for he felt sure she had put a sleeping draught in his drink.”

“'My wife always takes a sleeping draught when travelling by train. She took her usual dose of trional.'”

CEFR level

B2

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

See also

sleeping giant sleeping language sleeping lions sleeping mat sleeping pad sleeping partner