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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests [syn: boarding house, boardinghouse]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Boarding Board"ing, n. 1. (Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. --Sir F. Drake. 2. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards. 3. The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay. 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.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(boarding houses) Note: 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. = guest house N-COUNT
