nursing home

noun

: a public or private residential facility providing a high level of long-term personal or nursing care for persons (such as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly

Examples of nursing home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Norwegian breakthrough opened up to USA TODAY about how working with elderly folks in a nursing home prepared her to be an actress. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026

The property at 20 Scott Swamp Road was a nursing home until 2023, and has been empty since. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026

The plan was always for two new buildings and the renovation of one old building, a former Johnson & Wales University dormitory that was later turned into a nursing home. —Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026

The cases highlight common problems, advocates say, involving nursing homes that are run by a confusing web of shell corporations that avoid financial liability and increasingly are under- or uninsured, leaving them unable to compensate victims. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nursing home

• acrosome
• aerodrome
• catacomb
• centrosome
• chromosome
• cytochrome
• hippodrome
• honeycomb
• liposome
• meerschaum
• metronome
• microtome

Kids Definition

nursing home

noun

: a privately operated establishment where personal or nursing care is provided for persons (as the aged) who are unable to care for themselves properly

Medical Definition

nursing home

noun

: a public or private residential facility providing a high level of long-term personal and nursing care for persons (such as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly