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B and B

noun

Definition of B and Bnext
as in public house

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Recent Examples of B and B If one were to use that fundamental mathematical principle — often referenced as if A=B and B=C then A=C — entering Thursday’s Class 4A state football quarterfinal, things did not look promising for Hill-Murray but did for Kasson-Mantorville. — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for B and B
  1. public house
  2. hotel
  3. guesthouse
  4. inn
  5. motor inn
  6. hospice
  7. hostel
  8. hostelry
Noun
  • Old photos of Manchester United’s history fill the walls of the Old Nag’s Head public house in the city centre and many feature the club’s illustrious European history.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Listen to Live Music Cedar Mountain Outpost is a little bit of everything—deli, wine shop, public house, and live music venue, improbably set within a gas station.
    — Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Definition of public house
Noun
  • The other option, pushing the Super Bowl back a week, was initially rejected because New Orleans, the host city, had booked an automobile dealers’ convention that had gobbled up most of the desirable hotel rooms.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There’s this scene in a hotel, where the narrator is a teenager, and is sleeping in the same hotel room with his parents, with the father basically forcing the mother to have sex.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of hotel
Noun
  • In addition to a secluded primary suite featuring a private ipe wood deck, dressing room, and limestone and Calacatta marble bath, other highlights include a one-bedroom guesthouse with a full kitchen, plus its own living and dining area.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Minutes ago, Molly arrived at Casa San Juan, the guesthouse where Peace Action’s visitors stay, to have an early breakfast with this delegation of students.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of guesthouse
Noun
  • Farther afield, there are cozy inns like The Old Inn on the Green in New Marlborough and 33 Main in nearby Lenox.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The historic house dates to 1923 and has a storied history that includes time as four different inns.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of inn
Noun
  • In the not-too-distant past, the building at the west end of Hart Lane was a former mid-century motor inn that had seen its best days.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Penny Lane The Lark Hotel Group has taken over a former motor inn that had seen better days.
    — Nancy Kane, Curbed, 25 June 2026
Definition of motor inn
Noun
  • In arguing for their release, friends, relatives and former cellmates of the brothers pointed to programs the brothers have spearheaded in prison, including classes for anger management, meditation and helping inmates in hospice care.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The family said the brothers have established a hospice program and have launched a beautification project during their more than three decades in prison.
    — Alex Stone, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of hospice
Noun
  • The five-story building, which housed a boys’ hostel, collapsed on Sunday in Satya Niketan, a densely populated neighborhood known for its private student accommodations near a Delhi University campus.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bhandari expects that, at best, his 122-bed hostel will reach 60% occupancy during that peak tourist season this year, down from 100% last year.
    — Sam Meredith,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of hostel
Noun
  • Nearly 50 years ago, Kamiguchi, now 93, closed his father’s multistory hotel to build an intimate, 10-suite hostelry showcasing the region’s traditional arts.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Austin could see the Statler from the elevated tram, a 15-story red brick Italianate building on Grand Circus Park, opened in 1915 as one of the first modern hostelries with a shower and toilet in every room.
    — NEAL RUBIN, Freep.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of hostelry

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“B and B.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/B%20and%20B. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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