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rest house

noun

Definition of rest house

: a building used for shelter by travelers

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 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah disputed the Israeli version in a speech later Sunday, saying the Israeli strikes hit a Hezbollah rest house and killed two of the group’s members. — Jon Gambrell, Washington Post, "Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, US tensions," 25 Aug. 2019 Rocks also crashed through the roof of a rest house where about 100 skiers and snowboarders were sheltering, the Kyodo News agency reported. — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, "Japanese volcano erupts, raining rocks onto ski slope and triggering avalanche," 23 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of rest house

1807, in the meaning defined above

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