boardinghouse

or board·ing house

[ bawr-ding-hous, bohr- ]

noun

, plural board·ing·hous·es [bawr, -ding-hou-ziz, bohr, -].

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of boardinghouse¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

For years she lived with her dog, Rambo, in an 1896 three-story Victorian on Clayton Street in the Haight that she bought in 1960, and ran as a boardinghouse worthy of one of Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” characters.

From Washington Blade

Instead, Dylan’s music helps set the tone for a moody and devastating Broadway production following a group of people at a boardinghouse in 1930s Minnesota.

From Time

He had a large room at a fashionable boardinghouse, and he paid fourteen dollars a week.

From Project Gutenberg

These remarks of Dijen Babu, my roommate at the Panthi boardinghouse, were called forth by my invitation that he meet my guru.

From Project Gutenberg

In one hand I would carry an offering for my guru-a few flowers from the garden of my Panthi boardinghouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The other time Eliphalet spoke was to ask Mr. Barbo to direct him to a boardinghouse.

From Project Gutenberg

They are a fine old couple, and I don't like to think of them herding with Freshmen in a shine boardinghouse.

From Project Gutenberg