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

Noah discovered that only about one-third of the notes are transmitted in a way that allows providers at nursing homes and rehab facilities to access the information. —IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026

One day in December, two homicide detectives tracked down Watson, Crawford’s former neighbor, in a nursing home. —Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026

Compelled to work in a nursing home in Cairo, he is forced to confront his past and make life altering decisions. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026

As in the 2004 hit movie with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, this stage version tells the story — through notebook passages read aloud in a nursing home — of Allie and Noah, a young couple who cross their class/background divide to find lasting love. —Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 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