noun
- a house where people pay to live and receive meals
Examples
- The college student rented a room at a boardinghouse near campus.
- Mrs. Johnson ran a small boardinghouse for traveling salesmen.
- The old boardinghouse provided breakfast and dinner for its residents.
- He lived in a boardinghouse while saving money for his own apartment.
- The boardinghouse had strict rules about visitors and curfews.
- Many immigrants stayed in boardinghouses when they first arrived in the city.