as in hotel
a building where people pay to live and have daily meals
a onetime boardinghouse that is now the site of the town's historical museum
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Recent Examples of boardinghouse
At the boardinghouse, proprietress Fräulein Schneider and her Jewish tenant, Herr Schultz, who owns a fruit store, begin a serious romance with plans to marry.
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Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
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
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Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boardinghouse
Noun
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McKinney alleged that Weinstein raped her and a friend in a Manhattan hotel room in 2003.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
3 June 2025
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The hotel’s crowning jewel is its restaurant, Le Gabriel, which has the distinction of earning three Michelin stars.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.—
Garritt C. Van Dyk,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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The Plastered Owl - Named for a comical celestial owl, this whimsical bar serves up the coldest beers from the tap of the ancient tree at the tavern's center.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Its flaws are well known — anyone staying in a motel or couch surfing with friends, for example, is likely to stay hidden — and officials have long cautioned that the one-day tally represents only the bare minimum number of homeless people countywide.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Nearly two dozen people were displaced when a fire broke in the early morning hours at a motel in Groton.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The sleeper service from Hamburg in northern Germany would, therefore, be a hostel on wheels.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Fred remained behind bars and was later transferred to a bail hostel while awaiting trial.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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“Boardinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardinghouse. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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