whole rest

noun

, Music.

1. a rest equivalent in duration to a whole note.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whole rest¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

"When the clips go out, it's weird because you’re cutting a lot of the context of the whole rest of the show out, and what's been established before and after."

From BBC

While making lunch for her child, she relates: “The problem wasn’t the lunch, it was what came after, the whole rest of my life.”

From Los Angeles Times

Chet made her promise to be good for the whole rest of the day.

From Literature

Believe it or not, I believe in the whole rest of her life she has coming outside of these two dudes.

From Los Angeles Times

He didn’t ask the whole rest of the week either.

From Literature