Slumberland
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8.0
A playful name for the world of sleep and dreams
- noun
- /ˈslʌmbərˌlænd/
- Literature
:
país de los sueños
- I heard the sounds of you washing their feet in the bathtub, rummaging through drawers for their pajamas, and keeping them out of my office while I finished grading, assuring them I wouldn't forget to come hug, kiss, and sing them off to slumberland.
Examples
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The bedtime story took the children on a journey to Slumberland, where they could meet playful creatures and explore.
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After a long day, I quickly drifted off to Slumberland, dreaming of adventures in a magical land.
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As she nestled into her soft blanket, she whispered, 'Goodnight, Slumberland awaits me with sweet dreams.'
Synonyms
dreamland
vsSlumberland
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5.1
A pleasant imaginary place you visit in sleep or imagination
is a playful, name-like label for the state of sleep and dreams
dreamscape
vsSlumberland
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7.7
A scene that feels like being in a dream
refers to the whole playful world rather than a single dream image
world of dreams
vsSlumberland
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6.3
A place in your mind where you imagine things
is a playful name rather than a general descriptive phrase for sleep
dreamworld
vsSlumberland
3
6.6
An imagined perfect place that exists only in dreams
is a playful, fanciful label rather than a lofty, idealized vision
Surface Forms
Slumberland singular
Slumberlands plural
Morphology
Etymology
Slumberland is made from the words slumber ('sleep') and land ('place'). It pictures sleep as a whole place you enter, so it means the dreamy state or world of sleep.