boarding house
noun
a house in which a person can rent a room, generally with meals provided.
boarding houses
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pluralof boarding house.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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George will now become a boarder, at one of the Eton's 25 boarding houses.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Convent boarding houses are affordable and clean, but there are rules: curfews, chores and sometimes nuns who vet boyfriends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
But it’s also a city that has boarding houses, where older, first-generation Chinese Americans live on couches for $15 a night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
"Romanians have been so incredibly hospitable, opening their homes, putting them up in boarding houses and hotels, and taking care of them," he added.
From Fox News ● Mar. 2, 2022
The town was jammed with eager pilgrims, and though we tried at all the decent boarding houses, we could not find a single room.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
