memorybrink
nounUK /ˈmɛməri brɪŋk/
US /ˈmɛməri brɪŋk/
The very edge of remembering something.
She stood at the memorybrink, almost recalling the song but not quite.
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2. The last moment before a memory fades away completely.
The old photograph caught him at the memorybrink of his childhood.
3. A point where a memory is about to be recovered or lost.
The smell of bread brought her to the memorybrink of her grandmother's kitchen.
4. A borderline state between remembering and forgetting.
After the long sleep, he woke on the memorybrink, unsure of yesterday.