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View synonyms for rest home

rest home

noun

  1. a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.


rest-home

noun

  1. an old people's home


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rest home1

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

Frankie uses his insurance money to open a rest home on Mars for ailing musicians.

After working in Minsk for one year I received a vacation and went to a rest home near Leningrad.

Three weeks in the rest home, and one week I spent in Leningrad with some friends.

This is my notebook, various addresses—when I was at the rest home, I simply noted down the addresses of some acquaintances.

The right word, he thought dismally, was going to be "rest home."

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