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B and B

noun

Definition of B and B

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

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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

Two days later, investigators searched his hotel room and reported finding nearly 700 grams of cocaine, more than 70 grams of fentanyl, drug packaging materials and $13,867, according to authorities.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
With both Thyme hotel and The Swan at Southrop pub on your doorstep, there’s no real need to venture much further, but The Pig in the Cotswolds is only a 20-minute drive away.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of hotel

Noun

Inside Harry and Meghan’s Global Property Portfolio Spanning nearly 25,000 square feet, the multi-winged megamansion has nine bedrooms and 15 bathrooms, including a one-bedroom guesthouse.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026
Like its original iteration, the property’s grounds host a tennis court, pool, spa, and cabana, plus a guesthouse and a garage with an automobile elevator.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of guesthouse

Noun

Vacant for decades, the mansion is now home to an elegant inn and restaurant.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
Historic estates and centuries-old inns sit alongside independent shops, galleries, and restaurants that draw heavily from Vermont’s farms and producers.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 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

This is where her path intersects with home-hospice worker Ben (Joey Pollari, a recent Murphy favorite who’s appeared in two Monsters and The Beauty within the past year), whom Constance mentors in the art of giving sponge baths.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
Vanderhoff was transferred to in-home hospice care at the end of July.

— Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of hospice

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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