rest house
1
4.6
- noun
- /rɛst haʊs/
- Archaic
:
casa de descanso
- The rest house provided a welcome shelter for weary travelers after a long day of trekking.
Examples
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Finding no room either at the dak bungalow or the tourist lodge, I finally found a place to stay in the forest rest house.
Fiction book (1992) -
Well, I can arrange for you to stay at the rest house.
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When we reached the rest house, it was half past six.
Fiction book (1992) -
Some tourists are arriving at the rest house.
Fiction book (1992) -
I did not regret this, since there was a kind of comfortable thrill in staying at the rest house, surrounded by the forest.
Fiction book (1992) -
We had to stay at the PWD rest house.
Blog text (8) -
Arriving at the crossroads, she turned in the direction of the rest house where she had originally proposed to spend the night.
Fiction book (1994) -
All through midday, I wandered around the rest house.
Fiction book (1992) -
There are as yet no hotels on the summit, but the Omani government operates three rest houses for its employees.
Academic text (1992) -
A friend of a friend I had met in Mansa was renovating her small restaurant located across the street from the rest house where we were staying.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
170
3.4
A small house near nature where travelers stay temporarily
50
3.4
A place where you stay for a short time or a short stay there
34
2.1
A cheap place for travelers or students to sleep, often with shared rooms and facilities
21
2.5
A small building near a house where visitors stay
1
3.6
A house that rents rooms to people for short or long stays
1
3.4
A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train
A building that offers rooms for people to stay for a short time
Temporary rooms you rent to stay in for a short time
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a building or shelter for travelers to rest' is directly derivable from combining 'rest' (a period of stopping activity) with 'house' (a building) — i.e., a house for resting. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Rest house comes from the simple idea of a small house where tired travelers could stop and rest on a long journey. That's why it means 'a shelter or place to sleep' for people passing through.