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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Home bartenders can test recipes for lychee and peach jasmine tea spritzes that Forbes contributor Emily Cappiello sourced straight from some of the world's most celebrated waterfront hotels.—
Sarah Perez,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Spending on airfares, restaurant meals, and hotels all fell last month, Friday’s report showed.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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Pamphlet was an enslaved tavern worker who followed his calling to preach, sermonizing equality, despite the laws that prohibited large gatherings of African Americans out of fear of slave uprisings.—
Ben Finley,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
18 June 2025
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The motel as well as several area businesses were evacuated as police established a perimeter around the area.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2025
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The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel Photo: Courtesy of Tribeca Festival How did a 1970s British soccer star disappear without a trace at the peak of his career and, years later, end up managing a down-at-the-heels West Hollywood motel in obscurity?—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
13 June 2025
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The disruption comes after over 290 people have likely died after an Air India flight crashed minutes after takeoff into a hostel at a medical college on June 12.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer in Ahmedabad, said medical students who were in a college hostel when the plane hit the building are among the dead.—
Ajit Solanki,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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“Boardinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardinghouse. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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