Search Result for "boarding_house":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests;
[syn: boarding house, boardinghouse]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards. [1913 Webster] 3. The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay. [1913 Webster] Boarding house, a house in which boarders are kept. Boarding nettings (Naut.), a strong network of cords or ropes erected at the side of a ship to prevent an enemy from boarding it. Boarding pike (Naut.), a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it. --Totten. Boarding school, a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

boarding house n 1: a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests [syn: boarding house, boardinghouse]