- a variation of boardinghouse.
boarding house
Americannoun
noun
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a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
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a house for boarders at a school See also house
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Peter was 14 at the time, old enough to be allowed to spend the day on his own in the seaside town of Barmouth, where his family were staying in a boarding house.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The play takes place almost entirely within a boarding house in Pittsburgh in 1911.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” arguably the finest work in August Wilson’s 10-play series chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century, is set in a boarding house in Pittsburgh in 1911.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
Recognising Nigeria's deeply religious society, Charterhouse also permits parents to take their children home from the boarding house for Sunday church services, with the expectation that they return by Monday morning.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
Cohen took the bus back to her boarding house.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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