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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests [syn: boardinghouse ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. 2 A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Con had run out of an alley near the boarding house when he'd heard the noise. ▪ He is now on probation, living in a boarding house in another part of the town since his arrest. ▪ He wondered vaguely about going back to Mrs Short's ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boarding \Board"ing\, n. (Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. --Sir F. Drake. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; ...