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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

A 2013 state law prohibits staff at hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and rest homes from helping residents with their ballots.

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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