Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Stillborn /stĭl'-bôrn'/ · Still·born · IPA /ˈstɪlbɔː(ɹ)n/ 01 a. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child. 1. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child. 2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem.