boardinghouse
Meals-included lodging
A boardinghouse is a residence where paying guests receive lodging and meals.
Unlike hotels, boardinghouses typically offer longer-term arrangements—weeks or months rather than nights.
Residents often share common spaces and eat together.
The term evokes an earlier era when such establishments were common for workers, students, and travelers: She rented a room at a boardinghouse near the factory.
One who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- landladyFemale rental property owner
- rentPayment for temporary use
- leaseTemporary use contract
deposit · furnished · weekly · monthly · occupancy · vacancy · lodger · letting
Lodging for visitors
- innLodging for wayfarers
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- bed-and-breakfastLodging with morning meal
- dormitoryStudent living building
pension · flophouse · quarters · digs · residence · accommodation
Held in common
- diningroomSpace for formal meals
- kitchenFood preparation room
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
socializing · gatherings · livingroom · mealtimes · chores · curfew · housemother · parlor
tenant
One who rents property
lease · deposit · furnished · weekly · monthly · occupancy · vacancy · lodger · letting · tenancy
guesthouse
Lodging for visitors
- innLodging for wayfarers
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- bed-and-breakfastLodging with morning meal
dormitory · pension · flophouse · quarters · digs · residence · accommodation
shared
Held in common
- diningroomSpace for formal meals
- kitchenFood preparation room
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
potluck · socializing · gatherings · livingroom · mealtimes · chores · curfew · housemother · parlor · sitting-room
sojourn
Brief stay away
- temporaryLimited in duration
- itinerantMoving for work
- short-termOf limited duration
travelers · wayfarers · newcomers · migrants · students · residents · stopover
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
- frontier towngeneral store, saloon, sheriff's office, livery stable, hitching post
- lodgingshotel, motel, inn, hostel, guesthouse
- logging townslogging camp, sawmill, lumber mill, loggers, logging roads
- worker housinglabor camp, crew quarters, company town, company housing, mining camp
- frontier dwellingslog cabin, dugout, frontier cabin, timber cabin, prairie home
boardinghousepermanent residence
Fixed long-term dwelling
family home · homestead · estate · manor · ancestral home
boardinghouseluxury hotel
Premium overnight accommodation
resort · five-star hotel · palace hotel · Ritz · boutique hotel
boardinghousesingle-family home
Freestanding residential dwelling
private residence · detached house · private estate · homeownership · hermitage