"sleep aid" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sleep aid.wav [US] Forms: sleep aids [plural], sleepaid [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sleep aid (plural sleep aids)
  1. Any drug, nutritional supplement, device, or behavioral method used to help a person to fall asleep, stay asleep, or have better sleep quality.
    Sense id: en-sleep_aid-en-noun-4i8~kBiB Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sleep Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sleep: 50 50
  2. Any drug, nutritional supplement, device, or behavioral method used to help a person to fall asleep, stay asleep, or have better sleep quality.
    (often specifically) A pill (containing a drug or nutritional supplement) for this purpose.
    Tags: often, specifically Synonyms: sleeping pill
    Sense id: en-sleep_aid-en-noun-31~-Q8vR Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sleep Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sleep: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sleepless, sleeplessness, undersleep
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