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  bed-and-breakfast

  noun

  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.
• bed and breakfast
  bed and breakfast

  noun

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

bed-and-breakfast

American  

[bed-n-brek-fuhst] / ˈbɛd nˈbrɛk fəst /

Or bed and breakfast

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

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bed and breakfast British  

noun

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

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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

bed and breakfast Idioms  

1. 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]

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Etymology

Origin of bed-and-breakfast

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Ms. Brown’s late mother, Jean, saw the market opportunity and opened a bed-and-breakfast in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The building in the Malviya Nagar area allegedly operated as a bed-and-breakfast catering to patients and relatives of those receiving treatment at a nearby private hospital.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Multiple reports suggest that her Hawaii property purchase also included a boutique bed-and-breakfast, which is thought to be used by the TV legend to house any guests who visit her while she’s staying there.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

Inpatient hospice facilities have the atmosphere of a bed-and-breakfast, or a birthing center, but for the dying.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2025

Plus, it was more of a bed-and-breakfast, so they’d be able to use the kitchen and have at least one meal guaranteed a day.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

One of those friends had even invited Waldorf to stay at a historic eight-room bed and breakfast with the governor during Ouachita’s annual alumni event in two weeks’ time.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

A bed and breakfast owner who runs the House of Agnes in St Dunstans Street tells the BBC it has lost about a third of its weekly revenue after last-minute cancellations.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

Olivia Cobian, the innkeeper at the Gingerbread Mansion, a bed and breakfast in the historic town of Ferndale, said her 1895 building “looked like a war zone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

On Easter Sunday, we walked from our quaint bed and breakfast to St. Mary’s, Our Lady of the Isle, where JFK and Jackie O wed in September of 1953.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

Will booked into a bed and breakfast that day and said he had no plans to leave in a hurry.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Related Words

• B and B
• B&B