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boardinghouse

board·ing·house
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bawr-ding-hous, bohr-]
    • /ˈbɔr dɪŋˌhaʊs, ˈboʊr-/
    • /ˈbɔːdɪŋhaʊs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bawr-ding-hous, bohr-]
    • /ˈbɔr dɪŋˌhaʊs, ˈboʊr-/

Definitions of boardinghouse word

  • noun boardinghouse a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests 3
  • noun boardinghouse a house for boarders at a school 3
  • noun boardinghouse a house where meals, or room and meals, can be had for pay 3
  • noun plural boardinghouse a house at which board or board and lodging may be obtained for payment. 1
  • noun boardinghouse Alternative spelling of boarding house. 0
See all 5 definitions of boardinghouse

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Origin of boardinghouse

First appearance:

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

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Parts of speech for Boardinghouse

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

boardinghouse 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.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

boardinghouse usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for boardinghouse

noun boardinghouse

  • crib — A crib is a bed for a small baby.
  • apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
  • shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
  • house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
  • housing — a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
All 17 Synonyms of boardinghouse

Related words

  • landlady

    a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.

  • pension

    a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension.

  • slavey

    a female servant, especially a maid of all work in a boardinghouse.

  • surratt

    Mary Eugenia (Jenkins) 1820–65, alleged conspirator: boardinghouse owner hanged as accomplice in assassination of President Lincoln.

  • unsociable

    not sociable; having, showing, or marked by a disinclination to friendly social relations; withdrawn.
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