bed and board
Shelter and sustenance
Bed and board refers to lodging and meals provided together, as at an inn or in domestic arrangements.
The phrase appears in legal contexts, particularly in divorce proceedings: a divorce from bed and board is a legal separation where the marriage isn't fully dissolved but the spouses no longer live together.
The phrase captures the two essential elements of shared domestic life—sleeping arrangements and sustenance.
Temporary place to stay
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- keepRetain or fortified tower
maintenance · upkeep · provision · terms · contract · pension · hostel · inn
Scheduled eating occasions
- foodConsumable nourishment source
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
table · fare · victuals · rations · diet · daily bread · three squares · feeding
State of being apart
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- supportTo uphold or sustain
conjugal rights · annulment · decree · custody · settlement · estrangement · desertion · abandonment
Fireplace floor area
- homeOne's personal residence
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- domicilePermanent legal residence
- residencePlace one inhabits
cohabitation · housekeeping · domesticity · homestead · dwelling · abode · family life · shared living
lodging
Temporary place to stay
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- housingDwellings or protective covering
keep · maintenance · upkeep · provision · terms · contract · pension · hostel · inn · guesthouse
meals
Scheduled eating occasions
- foodConsumable nourishment source
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
subsistence · table · fare · victuals · rations · diet · daily bread · three squares · feeding · catering
separation
State of being apart
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
support · conjugal rights · annulment · decree · custody · settlement · estrangement · desertion · abandonment · reconciliation
hearth
Fireplace floor area
residence · cohabitation · housekeeping · domesticity · homestead · dwelling · abode · family life · shared living · conjugal
- medieval innsinn, tavern, innkeeper, hostel, hostelry
- boarding houseslodging houses, guesthouses, rooming houses, furnished rooms, communal meals
- cohabitationcohabitation, cohabiting, cohabitants, cohabiting couple, living together
bed and boardseparation
State of being apart
divorce · living apart · legal separation · estrangement · dissolution
bed and boardhomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
destitution · sleeping rough · houselessness · vagrancy · want
board, bedding, cupboard, boards, beds, aboard, boarding, dashboard, boarded