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SLEEPING PILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
Synonyms:
sleeping capsule; sleeping draught; sleeping pill; sleeping tablet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sleeping pill" is a kind of...):
lozenge; pill; tab; tablet (a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet)
hypnotic; soporific (a drug that induces sleep)