boardinghouse
noun
board·ing·house
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Definition of boardinghouse
: a lodging house at which meals are provided
Examples of boardinghouse in a Sentence
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In 1959, Eddie was rushed to the hospital after being found unresponsive in the boardinghouse. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "Remembering Eddie Bernstein, the legless beggar with the monkey named Gypsy," 17 Aug. 2019 Mary Surratt ran the boardinghouse where John Wilkes Booth met with the other Lincoln assassination conspirators. — Brenda Wineapple, The New Republic, "Who wrote women out of Civil War history?," 16 Aug. 2019 Mendes and Barraza play Ester and Teresa, who run a lakeside boardinghouse but make their real money from killing human traffickers and taking their loot. — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, "Review: Nicolas Cage has ‘A Score to Settle’; plus ‘The Operative’ and more," 1 Aug. 2019 The labor for these industries — a mostly Irish workforce in the 1850s — lived in wooden cottages or boardinghouses in the neighborhood, said Tim Samuelson, the city’s cultural historian. — Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com, "Oldest gas pipeline in Chicago, from before Great Fire, gets a retirement party," 28 June 2019 His mother ran a boardinghouse and eventually moved the family to Washington. — Washington Post, "When that ‘rock’ is actually a horseshoe crab and the beach becomes a respite from the city," 22 June 2019 The dozen-odd characters have all been wounded in ways that no New Deal could ever hope to heal, above all Elizabeth (Mare Winningham), the wife of the boardinghouse proprietor (Stephen Bogardus). — Terry Teachout, WSJ, "‘Girl From the North Country’ Review: A Visit to Desolation Row," 11 Oct. 2018 The show, a boardinghouse drama set in 1934 in Duluth, Minn., which is Mr. Dylan’s hometown, was produced last year at the Old Vic in London, and then earlier this year in the West End. — Michael Paulson, New York Times, "Glenn Close, Jake Gyllenhaal and Songs of Bob Dylan Are Coming to Public Theater," 5 June 2018 The sprawling boardinghouse offers shelter to 100 or so residents, many in need of support after financial or personal misfortune. — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, "Quakertown landmark rebuilds, Pa. closes in on primary day, Trump surprises with China move | Morning Newsletter," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'boardinghouse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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boardinghouse
noun
English Language Learners Definition of boardinghouse
: a house where people pay to live and have daily meals
See the full definition for boardinghouse in the English Language Learners Dictionary
boardinghouse
noun
board·ing·house
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Kids Definition of boardinghouse
: a house at which people are given meals and often a place to live