resting place
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A place where one is buried or laid to rest; a tomb.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting, place. A place where one rests or may rest.
Example Sentences
- "From his beloved second home at Warm Springs, Georgia, the body of Franklin Delano Roosevelt moves on the first stages of his journey to his final resting place. Scores of sufferers from infantile paralysis sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. The President's dog follows his beloved master. Aboard a special train beginning the twenty-four hour trip back to Washington, the thirty-first President of the United States leaves Warm Springs forever."
- "The Western Region station [at Windsor] has seen many arrivals and departures of monarchs, some returning to their last resting place at Frogmore Mausoleum."
- "That [Robert] Stephenson's final resting place is in Westminster Abbey, along civil engineering great Thomas Telford, signifies his importance."
Etymology
From Middle English restyng place, restingplace, rystynge-place, restynge place, equivalent to resting + place.