convalescent home
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconvalescentandhome
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convalescent
adjective
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈles.ənt/us/ˌkɑːn.vəˈles.ənt/
(for or relating ...
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home
noun
uk/həʊm/us/hoʊm/
the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with ...
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(Definition ofconvalescentandhomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the light of this decision, no alternative managers for theconvalescenthomehave been sought.
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Officers requiring rest and care during convalescence are sent at the cost of the relief fund to aconvalescenthomeat the seaside.
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Or he may be sent to aconvalescenthomefor a period of rest.
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It can never be really attractive; a mine can never be aconvalescenthome.
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This is not aconvalescenthome, and it is not a hospital; it is a centre which helps men both mentally and physically.
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I was asked whether a grant would cover the sending of an old age pensioner to aconvalescenthome.
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However, theconvalescenthomehas objected and the highway authority is trying to find another route.
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Would aconvalescenthomebe included in those words?
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Aconvalescenthomeis run almost entirely by private charity, and the employés working indoors and outdoors for that home are paid certain wages.
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Thisconvalescenthomeis at present occupied by prisoners of war.
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By 1953 we could not fill even that, so we converted the smallerconvalescenthomeinto a home for the infirm aged.
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They may find it necessary, after leaving hospital, to go to aconvalescenthome.
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I am sure it is not suggested that either aconvalescenthomeor a nursing home is not run for profit.
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First, the patient, if cured and if proper accommodation and care are available, can go home, preferably after a stay in aconvalescenthome.
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It is a pure question of fact, and if in aconvalescenthomenursing is, in fact, given it would come within the definition.
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If it is still being used as aconvalescenthome, it would be a tragedy if its future is threatened.
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Is it not a fact that when the soldiers are discharged from hospital they are not sent to aconvalescenthome?
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The fourth child who is in hospital will shortly go to aconvalescenthome.
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This was after the husband had recovered £2,000 damages in respect of the negligence of the staff of thatconvalescenthome.
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It proposes that the women's hospital should then be used either as a home for the elderly or aconvalescenthome.
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