"old folks' home" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: old folks' homes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=old folks' home}} old folks' home (plural old folks' homes)
  1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory or humorous) A residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, humorous, sometimes Translations (A residential complex for old people): Altersheim [neuter] (German), Altenheim [neuter] (German), Seniorenheim [neuter] (German), בֵּית אָבוֹת (bet avót) [masculine] (Hebrew), whare mātāpuputu (Maori), dom starców [masculine] (Polish), dom pogodnej jesieni [masculine] (Polish), dom spokojnej starości [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-old_folks'_home-en-noun-xp~OvBOE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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