Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nursing home

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
nurs-ing home
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.

Inflected Forms

nursing homes (plural)

Synonyms

care home carehouse old-age home old folks' home old people's home rest home senior citizens' home home

Questions

What does nursing home mean?
A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.

How to pronounce nursing home

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