guesthouse
noun
guest·house
ˈgest-ˌhau̇s 
: a building used for guests (as on an estate)
especially
: a house run as a boardinghouse or bed-and-breakfast
Examples of guesthouse in a Sentence
The estate includes a small guesthouse.
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Last July, then-Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a targeted strike in a guesthouse in Iran's capital.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
The guesthouse also doubles as an entertainment barn with a full kitchen, a cocktail lounge, a spa, and a screen porch.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
The couple had taken out a lease on the nine-bedroom guesthouse and had been hosting guests at the property, according to U.K. newspaper The Times.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
There’s also a one-bedroom guesthouse that Schlessinger soundproofed and used as a studio, plus a three-car garage topped by a guest or staff apartment and a fitness pavilion with a gym and guest suite.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
The guesthouse also doubles as an entertainment barn with a full kitchen, a cocktail lounge, a spa, and a screen porch.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
The couple had taken out a lease on the nine-bedroom guesthouse and had been hosting guests at the property, according to U.K. newspaper The Times.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
There’s also a one-bedroom guesthouse that Schlessinger soundproofed and used as a studio, plus a three-car garage topped by a guest or staff apartment and a fitness pavilion with a gym and guest suite.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Guesthouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guesthouse. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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