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old folks' home

old folks' home noun: a residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.

Noun

old folks' home (plural old folks' homes)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, humorous, sometimes) A residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.

old folks' home meaning in Hindi

old folks' home in Hindi

A residential complex for old people
वृद्धाश्रम vŕddhāśram

Forms of old folks' home

pluralold folks' homes
alternative formold folks home

Questions about old folks' home

What does old folks' home mean?
Old folks' home means a residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.
What is old folks' home in Hindi?
Old folks' home in Hindi is वृद्धाश्रम (vŕddhāśram). See Old folks' home meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is old folks' home?
Old folks' home is a noun.
What is the plural of old folks' home?
The plural of old folks' home is old folks' homes.

Words near old folks' home in the dictionary

  1. old fogies
  2. old fogy
  3. old folks
  4. old folks home
  5. old folks homes
  6. old folks' home
  7. old folks' homes
  8. old for one's years
  9. Old Ford
  10. Old Forge
  11. old franc

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