boardinghouse

American  

[bawr-ding-hous, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dɪŋˌhaʊs, ˈboʊr- /

Or boarding house

noun

plural

boardinghouses

1. a house at which board or board and lodging may be obtained for payment.

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Etymology

Origin of boardinghouse

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Jones, who was so brilliant in Daniel’s production of “King Hedley II” at A Noise Within is just as luminous here as the calming force at the boardinghouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Another is Marie-Christine Lippman, whose family foundation runs a boardinghouse on land owned by Sothea’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Years later, she expressed regret about the way she had depicted a Black character who lives at the boardinghouse with the protagonist.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Schwartz herself accomplishes something similar across the short subsections of each chapter, slowly and elegantly assembling a sprawling boardinghouse out of the twigs and branches of sometimes little-studied lives.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

Besides, in a boardinghouse other people are always wanting to use the bathroom.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath