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
Example Sentences
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The resident who has lived at the boarding house the longest is Bynum, and Mr. Santiago-Hudson, who has both appeared in and directed Wilson’s plays, gives the most rounded and captivating performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The great playwright’s drama about a Pittsburgh boarding house comes to Broadway in an uneven production starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Loomis has a turbulent presence that casts an anxious pall over the boarding house, re-created with a background view of Pittsburgh’s bridges by scenic designer Tesshi Nakagawa.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Mr Roffe-Silvester, who was asleep in his own quarters, was woken by noises coming from the boarding house and went to investigate.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
She took a room at the boarding house for the night and heard the men talking around the front.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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