Thesaurus results for FLOPHOUSE

flophouse

noun

Definition of flophouse

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

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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

In his Missouri Western dormitory office on Wednesday morning, Reid acknowledged an instantaneous turn toward 2026.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Camron Harris, 19, was found hiding in a dormitory closet on campus when he was apprehended Saturday afternoon.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of dormitory

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Time spent away from home for education is treated as a temporary absence, so living in a dorm or apartment ordinarily does not prevent a student from meeting the requirement to live with a parent for more than half the year.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Among the most popular dorm decor ideas is the bed upgrade, proving that college life and comfort aren’t mutually exclusive.

— Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of dorm

Noun

The bill also says people and business owners can sue if local governments fail to take action to clear an encampment within 15 business days of being notified about it.

— Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026
When other Columbia students staged a counter- protest outside the encampment, holding Israeli flags, people threatened them with violence.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of encampment

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