boarding house

Boarding house — Boarding Board ing, n. 1. (Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. [1913 Webster] Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of covering… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

boarding house — boarding houses N COUNT (The spellings boardinghouse in American English, and boarding house in British English are also used.) A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time. Syn: guest house …   English dictionary

Boarding House — (Бенсхайм,Германия) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: Europa Allee 43 45, 64 …   Каталог отелей

boarding house — n a private house where you pay to sleep and eat = ↑guesthouse …   Dictionary of contemporary English

boarding house — boarding ,house noun count OLD FASHIONED a house in which people pay to live as guests with the family who owns it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

boarding house — ► NOUN ▪ a private house providing food and lodging for paying guests …   English terms dictionary

Boarding house — A boarding house, also known as a rooming house (mainly in the United States) or a lodging house , is a house (often a family home) in which people on vacation or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended… …   Wikipedia

boarding house — noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests • Syn: ↑boardinghouse • Hypernyms: ↑house • Hyponyms: ↑bed and breakfast, ↑bed and breakfast * * * boarding house …   Useful english dictionary

Boarding-House — Boar|ding House, Boar|ding|house [ bɔ:dɪŋhaʊs ], das; , s [engl. boarding house, aus: boarding = Verpflegung (zu: to board = verpflegen, beköstigen, zu: board = Verpflegung, [gedeckter] Tisch; Brett, ↑ Board) u. house = Haus]: engl. Bez. für:… …   Universal-Lexikon

boarding house — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms boarding house : singular boarding house plural boarding houses old fashioned a house in which people pay to live as guests with the family who owns it …   English dictionary

Boarding-House — Boar|ding House, auch Boar|ding|house [ bo:ɐ̯rdiŋhaus, engl. bɔ:diŋhaus] das; , s [...siz, auch ...sis] <aus gleichbed. engl. boarding house zu boarding »Kost, Verpflegung«> engl. Bez. für Pension, Gasthaus …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch