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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

Plans for the larger entertainment district include housing, hotels, shops, restaurants, a card room and the city’s first movie theater, though future phases would require additional approvals.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
When Deadline speaks with him in his New York hotel, McKidd is in the throes of filming Conviction, the Elisabeth Moss-starring Hulu legal drama from House creator David Shore.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 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

There are intimate inns tucked into the woods, bucket-list A-frame Airbnbs, and happening hubs just beyond Main Street available for check-in at your convenience.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Vacant for decades, the mansion is now home to an elegant inn and restaurant.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 26 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

And the old Rapp Saloon — an 1875 brick building at 1436 2nd Street — was reborn in the late 1980s as a meeting space within a four-story hostel, now known as Hostelling International’s HI Los Angeles Santa Monica Hostel.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
That is, after first running it as a European-style hostel for World Cup guests.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 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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