Usually means: Lodging house with shared meals.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. boardinghouse: Merriam-Webster
  2. boardinghouse: Vocabulary.com
  3. boardinghouse: Wordnik
  4. boardinghouse: Wiktionary
  5. boardinghouse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. boardinghouse (boarding house): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. boardinghouse: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. boardinghouse: Dictionary.com
  9. Boardinghouse (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. boardinghouse: Rhymezone
  11. boardinghouse: FreeDictionary.org
  12. boardinghouse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. boardinghouse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. boardinghouse: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. boardinghouse: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Boardinghouse)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of boarding house [A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.]

Similar:
boarding house, chambermaid, flophouse, lodger, brothel, whorehouse, landlady, cathouse, tavern, motel, more...

Opposite:
lodging, hotel, inn, hostel, guesthouse

Types:
hostel, inn, lodge, bed and breakfast, dormitory, residence hall, more...

Phrases:
boardinghouse sign, boardinghouse rooms, more...

Adjectives:
same, cheap, old, small, large, respectable, private, nearby, theatrical, little, local

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Similar:
boarding house, chambermaid, flophouse, lodger, brothel, whorehouse, landlady, cathouse, tavern, motel, more...

Opposite:
lodging, hotel, inn, hostel, guesthouse

Types:
hostel, inn, lodge, bed and breakfast, dormitory, residence hall, more...

Phrases:
boardinghouse sign, boardinghouse rooms, more...

Adjectives:
same, cheap, old, small, large, respectable, private, nearby, theatrical, little, local



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