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
The locals didn’t always welcome Trump’s plans—a woman who owned a boardinghouse near one site would not sell, sparking a feud.
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Dan Alexander, Forbes, 8 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Dan Alexander, Forbes, 8 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boardinghouse
Noun
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The hotel is located on 7th Street, in the heart of Ybor City's nightlife district.—
Marcea Cazel,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Aug. 2025
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Conveniently, plenty of vacation rentals like time shares, Airbnbs, VRBOs, and even some hotels have a washer that tenants can use.—
Kendall Bettle,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Aug. 2025
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Emma and Travis Heim, who set off the craft barbecue explosion in Fort Worth and then retired from pit chores, will open a cocktail tavern with pizza in a historic landmark in South Main Village, Travis Heim said.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 July 2025
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Its two-stoplight downtown has the typical staples – a tavern, an antique store and a coffee shop.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim had a total of 220 rooms, including cabins and motel rooms, according to Aramark.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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Berlin had some drug stores and pizza joints, a ‘60s shopping center and the always hopping Berlin Turnpike, with its restaurants, drive-ins, and many motels somehow still in business after the interstate bypass.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
17 July 2025
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The NBCUniversal streamer will develop the project, which is based on Roth’s mid-2000s horror movies about an underground network of wealthy people who kidnap and torture young tourists staying in hostels.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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The incident comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in neighboring India's Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.—
Reuters,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2025
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“Boardinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardinghouse. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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