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resting place

resting place noun: a place where one is buried or laid to rest; a tomb.

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...
    • The Western Region station [at Windsor] has seen many arrivals and departures of monarchs, some returning to their last resting place at Frogmore Mausoleum.1949 September and October, “Notes and News: Queen Victoria's Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 340
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting, place. A place where one rests or may rest.

resting place meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati

resting place in Hindi

resting place, stop
मुक़ाम muqām

resting place in Tamil

place where one rests or may rest
உறைவிடம் uṟaiviṭam, ஓய்விடம் ōyviṭam

resting place in Kannada

ಇಂಬು, ಹಕ್ಕೆ

resting place in Gujarati

resting place
વિસામો visāmo

Examples of resting place in a sentence

  • 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.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....
  • That [Robert] Stephenson's final resting place is in Westminster Abbey, along civil engineering great Thomas Telford, signifies his importance.2020 June 17, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Robert Stephenson's steam-age bridges”, in Rail, page 46:

Forms of resting place

pluralresting places
alternative uncommonresting-place

Origin of resting place

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

Questions about resting place

What does resting place mean?
Resting place means a place where one is buried or laid to rest; a tomb.
What is resting place in Hindi?
Resting place in Hindi is मुक़ाम (muqām). See Resting place meaning in Hindi.
How do you use resting place in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is resting place?
Resting place is a noun.
What is the plural of resting place?
The plural of resting place is resting places.

Words near resting place in the dictionary

  1. resting faces
  2. resting on
  3. resting on one's laurels
  4. resting one's case
  5. resting one's soul
  6. resting place
  7. resting places
  8. resting Polish face
  9. resting potential
  10. resting potentials
  11. resting spore

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: resting place (page history and authors); मुक़ाम (Hindi) (page history and authors); resting place (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વિસામો (Gujarati) (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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