boarding house
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boarding house
noun boarding houses · boarding-house · boardinghouse
- A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. Yet Clacton, like every other station at a big seaside resort, is bedevilled by the traditional insistence of boarding-house landladies that their clients must arrive on Saturday before lunch and leave on Saturday after breakfast.
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A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.
Similar: digs, guesthouse, pension, lodging house, rooming house
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noun private house for paying guests
| Español | pensión, pupilaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 하숙집 hasukjip |
| 日本語 | 下宿屋 geshukuya, 寄宿舎 kishukusha |
| 中文 | 招待所 zhāodàisuǒ, 寄宿舍 jìsùshè |
| Português | pensão, pensionato |
| Français | pension |
| Deutsch | Pension, Gasthaus, Gästehaus |
| Italiano | pensione |
| Русский | пансио́н pansión, пансиона́т pansionát, бординга́уз bordingáuz |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà nghỉ, nhà trọ |
noun boarding school building
| Español | internado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 宿舍 sùshè |
| हिन्दी | छात्रालय chātrālay |
| Français | pensionnat |
| Ελληνικά | οικοτροφείο oikotrofeío |
| Русский | интерна́т intɛrnát |
Talk about this word "boarding house." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boarding%20house. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boarding house. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boarding%20house "boarding house." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boarding%20house.Cite this
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title = {boarding house},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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