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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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bed-and-breakfast bed and breakfast

Her eldest son, Pierre, a businessman and former Olympic swimmer, paid for a stay at a friend’s Venice bed-and-breakfast, all but forcing his grieving mother out of Paris and to sunny L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

His mum Christine worked in social services and his dad David ran a bed-and-breakfast near Liverpool.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Growing up in southwest France, where her father made wine and her mother operated a bed-and-breakfast, Ms. de Ferrier enjoyed how the fragrance of the château’s garden swirled with the scents wafting from the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

She told Eisman that if this latest Wall Street venture didn’t work out, they would leave New York for Rhode Island and open a bed-and-breakfast.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

He moved to the site with this wife and two children in 2007 and runs the main family home as a bed and breakfast.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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

An 880-year-old bed and breakfast has gone viral after adopting a Gen Z approach to its advertising.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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