Thesaurus results for BOARDINGHOUSE

boardinghouse

noun

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 its peak, Edgewater was home to 200-300 residents, living in 20 to 30 houses, with the company store housing a post office, hotel/boardinghouse and general store, along with a blacksmith shop, horse barn and school, Heiman said. —

Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The daughter of a widowed boardinghouse keeper, Mary moved with her mother to Manhattan and, as a teenager, began working behind the counter at John Anderson’s Liberty Street Cigar Shop in Lower Manhattan. —

Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 Down the beach Madam LeFleur stood on the porch of her boardinghouse beating slugs off a yak wool rug. —

Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone. —

Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boardinghouse

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During my stay, the hotel was amidst its big corporate change into a Marriott property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2026
The measure would also apply hotel taxes to all charges, including resort fees, cleaning fees and in-room movie purchases — charges not currently subject to hotel tax.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026