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Meanings of boardinghouse in English

Portuguese
pensão
Catalan
fonda
Spanish
pensión

A private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests.

pensão
Usage of boardinghouse in English
1
The next morning Michael Levy arrived at the boardinghouse exactly on time.
The Golem and the Jinni
2
And again he used them as breastworks in foraging at the boardinghouse.
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
3
I'll wire Carleen and offer her the boardinghouse for a fair price.
Her mother's hope
4
They arranged to meet at her boardinghouse at ten in the morning.
The Golem and the Jinni
5
Jurgis got himself a place in a boardinghouse with some congenial friends.
The Jungle
6
A screen, as you know, is something rare in a student boardinghouse.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
7
She arrived back at the boardinghouse just after five in the afternoon.
The informers
8
It was nearing eleven o'clock by the time they reached her boardinghouse.
The Golem and the Jinni
9
Without hat or cloak or destination, the Golem fled from the boardinghouse.
The Golem and the Jinni
10
At the same instant, every window of Eva Miller's boardinghouse blew outward.
Salem’s Lot
11
The boardinghouse had just one bathroom for the two floors of tenants.
God don't like ugly
12
Marta could not leave her alone with a boardinghouse full of residents.
Her mother's hope
13
My ID is back at the boardinghouse. He concentrated on sounding sane.
A beautiful place to die
14
We lived there at a boardinghouse, and she behaved badly, very badly.
In the Year of Jubilee
15
How did her corpse get from your boardinghouse to the alley behind?
The sherlockian
16
No, she didn't know this building used to be a boardinghouse.
The informers
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Translations for boardinghouse
Portuguese
pensão
Spanish
pensión
Boardinghouse through the time
Boardinghouse across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common