resting place
noun
1
: a place where people can stop and rest
We found a good resting place by the side of the trail.
2
: a place where someone is buried
her final/last resting place
3
: a place where something has been put
The monument was moved to a new resting place.
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Most of the graveyard’s shipwrecks concentrated where the powerful Columbia River feeds into the Pacific, further south than the Valencia's resting place.
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Red roses from DiMaggio were delivered to Monroe’s resting place for roughly 20 years.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
The new Gower Court Mausoleum will provide a final resting place for about 13,000 people.
—Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The pirates used the islands, located in the middle of Honduras, Mexico and Cuba, as a resting place between voyages.
—Martin Dale, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Red roses from DiMaggio were delivered to Monroe’s resting place for roughly 20 years.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
The new Gower Court Mausoleum will provide a final resting place for about 13,000 people.
—Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The pirates used the islands, located in the middle of Honduras, Mexico and Cuba, as a resting place between voyages.
—Martin Dale, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Resting place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resting%20place. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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