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resting-place

resting-place is the alternative form of resting place.

Meaning of resting place

Noun

resting place (plural resting places)

  1. (euphemistic) A place where one is buried or laid to rest; a tomb.
    • From his beloved second home at Warm Springs, Georgia, the body of Franklin Delano Roosevelt moves on the first stages of his journey to his final resting place. Scores of sufferers from infantile paralysis sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. The President's dog follows...1945 April 16, 0:38 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting, place. A place where one rests or may rest.

Forms of resting-place

pluralresting-places

Origin of resting-place

From Middle English restyng place, restingplace, rystynge-place, restynge place, equivalent to resting + place.

Questions about resting-place

What is resting-place the alternative form of?
Resting-place is the alternative form of resting place.

Words near resting-place in the dictionary

  1. resting potentials
  2. resting spore
  3. resting spores
  4. resting up
  5. resting upon
  6. resting-place
  7. resting-places
  8. restinging
  9. restingly
  10. restings
  11. restinguish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resting-place (page history and authors); resting place (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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