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REST HOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rest home mean?
• REST HOME (noun)
The noun REST HOME has 1 sense:
1. an institution where people are cared for
Familiarity information: REST HOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An institution where people are cared for
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
home; nursing home; rest home
Context example:
a home for the elderly
Hypernyms ("rest home" is a kind of...):
institution (an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated)
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