1. halfway house - Noun
2. halfway house - Phrase
An inn or place of calm midway on a journey.
A temporary residence for those who have left prison, residential drug rehabilitation, or the like, designed to ease them back into society.
(figuratively) A halfway point, e.g. towards achieving a goal.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgA developer that showed interest in a proposed 300-bed male halfway house project at 475 School St. SW in Ward 6 may pull its application, according to sources in the DC government and Southwest business community. Source: Internet
• February 24 from 9am to 5pm at the Midrand Conference Centre situated at 661 Pendulum Road, Halfway House. Source: Internet
She likened the Javits Center field hospital to a halfway house. Source: Internet
A high-risk sex offender on civil commitment who fled a Houston halfway house has been designated as one of Texas’ Most Wanted Sex offenders - and a $5,000 cash reward is now available for information leading to his arrest. Source: Internet
Determined to find the truth, she lures him out of a halfway house and proposes a dangerous idea: a ten-day road trip, just the two of them, to examine cold cases linked to his haunting photographs. Source: Internet
For reasons that will be revealed, Carleen has been paroled and is living in a halfway house in New York City. Source: Internet