flophouses

noun

plural of flophouse
as in rooms

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  1. rooms
  2. boardinghouses
  3. barracks
  4. billets
  5. penthouses
  6. tenements
  7. mansions
  8. apartments
Noun
  • Best rooms are in lower level, deluxe cabins with river rock, wood-burning fireplaces and private balconies.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The design utilizes otherwise dead space under the access stairs and jumping platforms and transforms them into equipment rooms to hide away pumps and other accessories while keeping them easily accessible for maintenance.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of rooms
Noun
  • By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.
    — Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of boardinghouses
Noun
  • Another strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of barracks
Noun
  • The first billets have been shipped to SGL facilities in the US for machining.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of billets
Noun
  • That residence has since been separated into three penthouses, with the other two having already sold.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
  • On a trip to Miami, Crosby met a local real estate agent that led to a gig shooting luxury penthouses.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of penthouses
Noun
  • No one wants to go back to the days of tenements and apartments with insufficient ventilation or light.
    — Michael Schill, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • The novel begins with a deadly fire that destroys two tenements.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of tenements
Noun
  • Entire mansions are stocked with influencers of various levels of influence.
    — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Fresh out of college, the Netflix series features Sahebi and her tightknit group of friends, exes and rivals returning to hillside mansions and luxury in southern California and unfinished drama, according to series synopsis.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of mansions
Noun
  • Single stairs allow apartments to span more of a narrow lot and make three-bedroom floor plans practical again.
    — Adam Drakulic, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The victim had only lived at his current home, a two-story brick and wood house with multiple apartments, for a couple of months, Herjinder Singh said.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of apartments
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