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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
boarding house
noun
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▪ 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 boarding house and getting a pen and paper.
▪ In the boarding house he had lived in there was a privy in the backyard.
▪ Scholz dates back to 1860, when it was opened as a boarding house.
▪ Simply to imagine it is to defy credibility: A phone rings in a boarding house in Mobile, Alabama.
▪ They spent that night at a cheap railway boarding house hard by the tracks.
▪ View from the second floor of Mrs O'Neill's boarding house.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boarding house

Boarding \Board"ing\, n.

  1. (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.

  2. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

  3. The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay.

    Boarding house, a house in which boarders are kept.

    Boarding nettings (Naut.), a strong network of cords or ropes erected at the side of a ship to prevent an enemy from boarding it.

    Boarding pike (Naut.), a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it.
    --Totten.

    Boarding school, a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.

Wiktionary
boarding house

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.

WordNet
boarding house

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

Wikipedia
Boarding house

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 as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide " room and board," that is, at least some meals as well as accommodation. A "lodging house," also known in the United States as a "rooming house," may or may not offer meals. Lodgers legally only obtain a licence to use their rooms, and not exclusive possession, so the landlord retains the right of access.