bed-and-breakfast

or bed and break·fast

[ bed-n-brek-fuhst ]

/ ˈbɛd nˈbrɛk fəst /

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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.

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

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Origin of bed-and-breakfast

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby bed-and-breakfast

crystal clear, be, BECTU, bed, bedabble, bed and board, bed-and-breakfast, bed and PEP, bedash, bedaub, Bedaux system, bedazzle

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How to use bed-and-breakfast in a sentence

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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.
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My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

I fall back into a dream and then suddenly there is a tapping on the window just above my bed.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
But she told Grandfather Mole that it was all right—that she knew a person of his age ought not to go without his breakfast.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
The embankment or road-bed was commenced by gigantic piling, and is very broad and substantial.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bed-and-breakfast

bed and breakfast

/ mainly British /

noun

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

adjective

(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

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