Definition:
- (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
- (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law.
- (n.) A sleeping car.
- (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
- (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
- (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
- (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
- (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
- (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
- (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
- (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
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sleeper vs. substructure
cask vs. sleeper
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goby vs. sleeper
sleeper vs. success
interval vs. sleeper
achieve vs. sleeper
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railroad vs. sleeper
signal vs. sleeper
prearranged vs. sleeper
community vs. sleeper
sleeper vs. unobtrusively
sleeper vs. terrorist
sleeper vs. spy
law vs. sleeper
dormant vs. sleeper
sleep vs. sleeper
sleeper vs. tie
chair vs. sleeper