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  • rest home
    rest home
    noun
    a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
  • rest-home
    rest-home
    noun
    an old people's home
Synonyms

rest home

American  

noun

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

rest-home British  

noun

  1. an old people's home

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rest home

First recorded in 1920–25

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