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单词 boardinghouse
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boardinghouse


board·ing house

also board·ing·house (bôr′dĭng-hous′)n. A house where paying guests are provided with meals and lodging.

boardinghouse

(ˈbɔːdɪŋˌhaʊs) n1. a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests2. (Education) Austral a house for boarders at a school. See also house10

board′ing•house`

or board′ing house`,



n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz) a house at which meals, or meals and lodging, may be obtained for payment. [1720–30]
Thesaurus
Noun1.boardinghouse - a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guestsboardinghouse - a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guestsboarding housebed and breakfast, bed-and-breakfast - an overnight boardinghouse with breakfasthouse - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
IdiomsSeeboardinghouse reach

boardinghouse


boardinghouse

A house that rents furnished rooms and provides meals for boarders in exchange for the payment of a weekly or monthly charge; especially used by workers and transients in mill towns primarily from the 18th to the early 20th centuries.

boardinghouse


  • noun

Synonyms for boardinghouse

noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests

Synonyms

  • boarding house

Related Words

  • bed and breakfast
  • bed-and-breakfast
  • house
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