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flophouse

noun

Definition of flophousenext
as in boardinghouse

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Recent Examples of flophouse In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026 In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025 Many of the locals worked in factories and slept in flophouses. — Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025 What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment. — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2016 See All Example Sentences for flophouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
  1. boardinghouse
  2. dormitory
  3. dorm
  4. encampment
Noun
  • Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Definition of boardinghouse
Noun
  • The goal is to ensure low-income housing is not used as a dormitory.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The report noted that standards require at least 75 square feet of floor space per detainee in dormitory housing units.
    — Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of dormitory
Noun
  • The 18-year-old daughter of Jessica Alba and her ex-husband Cash Warren recently moved into college, giving a sneak peek at her dorm room in a post on her Instagram.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • An iPhone, some software, and a young person sitting in their dorm room can now produce a 30-second commercial that could look very similar to what Snickers had produced back in 2010.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of dorm
Noun
  • Service learned the holdup was due to the site in question also being considered a homeless encampment.
    — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • No known encampments were recorded in downtown Pittsburgh at the end of August.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of encampment

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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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