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# final resting place

phrase (noun phrase: final resting place, final resting places; also «last resting place»)

«final resting place» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (euphemism) the grave or place where a dead person (or their ashes) is buried or kept.
2. (humorous, extended) the place where an old object ends up for good: «the shed is my old bike's final resting place».

### In the lessons

A gentle, respectful phrase used in funerals, news, history books and on signs at graves; formal-polite, all regions. Used jokingly for old things that are thrown away or stored.

### Examples

- The poet's final resting place is a small churchyard by the sea.
- Thousands visit the king's final resting place every year.
- Her ashes were scattered on the hill, her final resting place.
- Archaeologists found the final resting place of an ancient chief.
- The cemetery is the final resting place of many soldiers.
- Our old sofa found its final resting place at the dump.
- The goldfish's final resting place is under the apple tree.
- The ship's final resting place is at the bottom of the ocean.

### Note

Trap: «resting» is soft; the person is dead, not sleeping. Plain word: grave, tomb. Funny when used for objects; serious when used for people.