noun
Meaning 1
A house which rents out furnished apartments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
rooming house
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noun
Meaning 2
A building with small, basic, inexpensive apartments for rent, often without en suite bathrooms.
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noun
Meaning 3
A house which rents out rooms and may also supply board for an added price: synonym of boarding house.
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noun
Meaning 4
a house where rooms are rented
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lodging house
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accommodation, house
Narrower terms: flophouse, dosshouse
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vuokratalo — house that rents furnished apartments
- German: Fremdenheim — house that rents furnished apartments
- German: Wohnheim — house that rents furnished apartments
- Latin: hospitium — house that rents furnished apartments
- Polish: pensjonat — house that rents furnished apartments
- Russian: меблиро́ванные ко́мнаты (mebliróvannyje kómnaty) — house that rents furnished apartments
- Finnish: asuntola — house with inexpensive apartments
- French: maison de chambreurs — house with inexpensive apartments
- German: Mikroappartementhaus — house with inexpensive apartments
- German: Zellenhaus — house with inexpensive apartments
- Polish: pensjonat — house with inexpensive apartments