- rooming house
- noun Date: 1893 a house where lodgings are provided for rent
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rooming house
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rooming house — rooming houses N COUNT A rooming house is a building that is divided into small flats or single rooms which people rent to live in. [AM] … English dictionary
rooming house — n AmE a house where people can rent a room to live in … Dictionary of contemporary English
rooming house — ☆ rooming house n. a house with furnished rooms for rent … English World dictionary
rooming house — noun a house where rooms are rented • Syn: ↑lodging house • Hypernyms: ↑house, ↑accommodation • Hyponyms: ↑flophouse, ↑dosshouse * * * noun, pl ⋯ houses [count] … Useful english dictionary
rooming house — UK [ˈruːmɪŋ ˌhaʊs] / US [ˈrumɪŋ ˌhaʊs] noun [countable] Word forms rooming house : singular rooming house plural rooming houses mainly American a lodging house … English dictionary
rooming house — Synonyms and related words: boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, doss house, fleabag, flophouse, guest house, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodging house, ordinary, pension, posada, pub, public, public house, roadhouse, tavern … Moby Thesaurus
rooming house — room|ing house [ rumıŋ ,haus ] noun count a house that consists of rooms that people can rent. British lodging house … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house. [1890 95, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
rooming house — noun (C) AmE a house where you can rent a room to live in; lodging house BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rooming house — room′ing house n. a house with furnished rooms to rent … From formal English to slang
rooming house — A house where bedrooms as such are furnished paying guests. Cedar Rapids Invest. Co. v Commodore Hotel Co. 205 Iowa 736, 218 NW 510, 56 ALR 1098. See lodging house … Ballentine's law dictionary
