hospital
Speech parts
1. hospital - Noun
2. hospital - Adjective
3. Hospital - Proper noun
Meaning
Hospitable.
A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.
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Examples
This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
Old age is a hospital that takes in all diseases.
He who has one foot in a brothel, has the other in a hospital.
The king of the dreamers lies in the hospital.