boarding housenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɔː.dɪŋ ˌhaʊs/us/ˈbɔːr.dɪŋ ˌhaʊs/US also rooming housea private house where you can pay to stay and receive meals
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- gatehouse
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- rest home
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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Examples from literature
- And the friendly people at the boarding house noticed the change in him.
- His wife kept a first-class boarding house.
- Nunneries had become aristocratic boarding houses.
- So they sought a humble boarding house in the suburbs of the city.
- The theological student has generally small means, and he must go to a cheap boarding house.