BED-AND-BREAKFAST Synonyms: 37 Similar Words

bed-and-breakfast

noun

Definition of bed-and-breakfast

as in guesthouse

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Recent Examples of bed-and-breakfast In LowerTown, the Belle Louise Guest House is a bed-and-breakfast in an 1879 Italianate mansion with a handful of luxe guest rooms and suites. — Matt Kirouac, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026 The official website offers hotel recommendations ranging from small local bed-and-breakfasts to chain hotels, so travelers can match their stay to their budget. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 Travel is often the first expense people cut when the economy worsens, said Le Tuyet Lan, who runs bed-and-breakfast properties in Vietnam’s Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. — Anton L. Delgado, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 Travel is often the first expense people cut when the economy worsens, said Le Tuyet Lan, who runs bed-and-breakfast properties in Vietnam's Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. — ABC News, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bed-and-breakfast

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The property also has several additional structures, including a guesthouse and gym with a sauna, a gallery-style game room and speakeasy, and a garaging complex.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026
Nick Reiner has struggled with addiction for years and had been living in a guesthouse on his parents’ property, according to a family friend.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of guesthouse

Noun

Upstate New York has no shortage of escape routes—charming inns, boutique hotels, and endless Airbnb gems—and choosing one is always the hardest part.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
Puerta del Lobo For years, the best places to stay in the Texas Hill Country were guest ranches or small inns near wineries.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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Thompson’s killing outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel ignited a multistate manhunt that ended five days later, when police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Mangione in a McDonald’s.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Set the scene The hotel is set in a quiet residential part of little Santa Barbara.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of hotel

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Built from the bones of a 12th-century hostelry, its hub is a vast, glamorous lounge bar complete with mixologists shaking modern-day mocktails under the ancient beams.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 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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Along the way, travelers will pass through many towns that offer sleeping accommodations, including guesthouses, lodgings, mountain huts, hotels, hostels, and campsites, according to Thru-Hiking, an online community for long-distance hikers.

— Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
It will be charged to all overnight accommodation types, whether at a hotel, Airbnb, hostel or camping site.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 July 2026

Definition of hostel

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Studies have found, for example, that hospice patients with congestive heart failure or lung cancer live about a month longer, on average, than similar patients in the standard medical system.

— Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
An Evanston resident since 1972, Johnson had been in hospice care for the past year and a half.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hospice

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Along the way, travelers will pass through many towns that offer sleeping accommodations, including guesthouses, lodgings, mountain huts, hotels, hostels, and campsites, according to Thru-Hiking, an online community for long-distance hikers.

— Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
The sprawling 865-acre Hacienda Tres Equis, in the family for three decades, grows world-class coffee and has plans to build lodgings for visitors.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026

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