A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide `bed and board`, that is, at l.....
[n] - a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
boardinghouse noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests