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pension house

pension house noun: a home for the elderly; an old folks' home.

Noun

pension house (plural pension houses)

  1. A home for the elderly; an old folks' home.
    • Nowadays, Consonno is inhabitated by the guests of an elders' pensionhouse and the only family who has survived the 1960's and 1970's relocation programs: a status of ghost town which has somewhat avoided a large health problem, […]2007, Franco Alessandro Cavalleri, Our Common Future. 20 years after.
  2. A lodging which is usually less exquisite and thus more affordable than a hotel.
    • There is, besides, the H. de Bains, in a garden by the riverside, the resort of persons drinking the waters of a mineral spring; it is a sort of Pensionhouse and Inn.1884, John Murray, A Handbook for Travellers in France

Forms of pension house

pluralpension houses
alternative formpensionhouse
alternative formpension-house

Origin of pension house

From pension + house.

Questions about pension house

What does pension house mean?
Pension house means a home for the elderly; an old folks' home.
What part of speech is pension house?
Pension house is a noun.
What is the plural of pension house?
The plural of pension house is pension houses.

Words near pension house in the dictionary

  1. pension
  2. pension book
  3. pension books
  4. pension fund
  5. pension funds
  6. pension house
  7. pension houses
  8. pension off
  9. pension plan
  10. pensionable
  11. pensionably

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