boardinghouse

noun

board·​ing·​house ˈbȯr-diŋ-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce boardinghouse (audio)
: a lodging house at which meals are provided

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Blackpool, sweeping the planks of his mother’s boardinghouse while listening to a staticky radio broadcast. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024 After resorting to desperate measures by burning down a boardinghouse and stealing money and a palomino horse, Tom and Polly set out for San Francisco. Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 7 July 2024 Others managed to scramble onto the roof of an adjacent boardinghouse. Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for boardinghouse 

Word History

First Known Use

1680, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boardinghouse was in 1680

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“Boardinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardinghouse. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

boardinghouse

noun
board·​ing·​house ˈbōrd-iŋ-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce boardinghouse (audio)
ˈbȯrd-
: a house at which persons are boarded

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