boardinghouses

noun

plural of boardinghouse
as in hotels
a building where people pay to live and have daily meals a onetime boardinghouse that is now the site of the town's historical museum

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Recent Examples of boardinghouses By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home. — Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026 Platter came from Basel, Switzerland, where his father ran a school, four boardinghouses, a farm, and a printing press. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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  1. hotels
  2. taverns
  3. motels
Noun
  • Few hotels require helicoptering over the Great Barrier Reef to check in.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Streaming-sports purveyor DAZN has struck an agreement to buy EverPass Media, the distributor of licensed sports properties to commercial establishments like hotels and bars.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hotels
Noun
  • It was likely selected for the signing of Glenview’s charter, establishing the settlement as a village, because 19th century taverns were typically used for community meetings of this nature, Schlarman said.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But in 1820, Shippingport had about 600 residents, three wharves for steamboats, taverns and a flour mill.
    — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of taverns
Noun
  • Sierra Fitzpatrick of Step up on Second, the nonprofit the city contracts with to run the motels, referred The Bee to the city and the motel.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.
    — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of motels

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“Boardinghouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardinghouses. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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