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boarding house

board·ing house
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bawr-ding, bohr- noun, adjective hous]
    • /ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr- noun, adjective haʊs/
    • /ˈbɔː.dɪŋ haʊs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bawr-ding, bohr- noun, adjective hous]
    • /ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr- noun, adjective haʊs/

Definitions of boarding house words

  • countable noun boarding house A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time. 3
  • noun plural boarding house a house at which board or board and lodging may be obtained for payment. 1
  • noun boarding house guesthouse: offers lodging 1
  • noun boarding house A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. 0
  • noun boarding house A boarding school building where boarders live during term time. 0
See all 5 definitions of boarding house

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Origin of boarding house

First appearance:

before 1720
One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1720-30

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Parts of speech for Boarding house

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Boarding house

boarding house popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for boarding house

noun boarding house

  • hut — a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
  • dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
  • apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
  • dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
  • palace — the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
All 89 Synonyms of boarding house

Antonyms for boarding house

noun boarding house

Just one Antonym for boarding house

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