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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rooming house

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
room-ing -house
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A house which rents out furnished apartments.

noun

A building with small, basic, inexpensive apartments for rent, often without en suite bathrooms.

noun

A house which rents out rooms and may also supply board for an added price: synonym of boarding house.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

rooming houses (plural)

Phrases

room and board

Frequently Paired Words

housemate room and board roommate

Synonyms

lodging house

Questions

What does rooming house mean?
A house which rents out furnished apartments.

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