bed-and-breakfast

Or bed and break·fast

[bed-n-brek-fuhst]

noun

1. an accommodation offered by an inn, hotel, or especially a private home, consisting of a room for the night and breakfast the next morning for one inclusive price.

2. an inn, hotel, or private home offering such an accommodation. B&B

bed and breakfast

noun

1. (in a hotel, boarding house, etc) overnight accommodation and breakfast

adjective

1. (of a stock-exchange transaction) establishing a loss for tax purposes, shares being sold after hours one evening and bought back the next morning when the market opens

Word History and Origins

Origin of bed and breakfast¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Idioms and Phrases

Also, B and B. A hotel or other hostelry that offers a room for the night and a morning meal at an inclusive price. For example, Staying at a bed and breakfast meant never having to plan morning meals. This term and the practice originated in Britain and have become widespread. [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

Last month, a few dozen Democrats were gathered there at a local bed-and-breakfast to eat pulled pork and talk party strategy.

From BBC

For three seasons, McIver and Ambudkar have played a married couple who uprooted their lives to turn the quaint country house they inherited into a bed-and-breakfast.

From Los Angeles Times

This bed-and-breakfast opened last summer and is the perfect setting for quality time with loved ones.

From Seattle Times

Then they launched a campaign to restore the compound and run the keepers’ residence as a bed-and-breakfast.

From Los Angeles Times

Mara hopes that a superfan will buy the whole lot to create anything from a Streisand museum to a bed-and-breakfast with movie-themed rooms.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• B and B 
• B&B