rest home
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3.4
- noun
- /rɛst hoʊm/
- Archaic
:
asilo
- When she was too sick to stay home, I came back here, and she went to a rest home in the country.
- go to a rest home
- living in a rest home
I enjoy going into rest homes where people are suffering from dementia.
- I enjoy going into rest homes where people are suffering from dementia.
- And what what it was, it was the end room at a rest home.
Examples
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She's in a rest home on Long Island.
Fiction book (1996) -
The eight grand I was going to clear was enough to maintain the old man in a good, clean rest home for three years.
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Standing at the front door of the rest home with her suitcase.
Fiction book (1993) -
They moved her into an Asian rest home where she lived just over a year until her death.
Fiction book (2000) -
When he, our uncle, got too old to farm and to look after himself, he went into a church-run rest home over near Pine Bluff.
Fiction book (1992) -
Apparently he'd been near-catatonic from stroke-caused dementia in a local rest home for the last few years.
Blog text (8) -
The guide also tells us that the Committee for the Safeguard of Venice has awarded its 1983 prize to the Jewish Community for its exceptional contribution to the restoration of the schola and the Old Hospital, which has been converted into a rest home for the elderly.
Fiction book (1999) -
The elderly man enjoys the activities provided at the rest home where he lives.
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My grandmother moved to a rest home because she needed assistance with daily tasks.
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They held a family reunion at the rest home to celebrate their grandfather's birthday.
Synonyms
911
2.7
A place where people who need care live and get help
183
2.9
A place where older people live and receive help with daily tasks and medical care
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2.7
A place where older people who need help live and get care
How Medical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an institution where people are cared for' is directly derivable from combining 'rest' (a period of stopping activity or recovery) with 'home' (a place of residence), so 'rest home' straightforwardly denotes a home for resting/care. This noun–noun composition is common in English and in many other languages (e.g., retirement/nursing home analogues), making the sense predictable for a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The name rest home comes from the simple idea of rest, a place to 'recover', and home, a place to 'live'. So today rest home means a place where older or sick people live and are 'cared for'.