NURSING HOME


Meaning of NURSING HOME in English

1. a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.

2. Chiefly Brit. a small private hospital; a small hospital owned by one person or a group of individuals and supported solely by the fees of patients.

[ 1895-1900 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .