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guest-house

guest-house is the rare form of guesthouse.

Meaning of guesthouse

Noun

guesthouse (plural guesthouses)

  1. A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.
    • The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32
  2. A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.
    • Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead.2004, Mary Fitzpatrick et al., South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 199

Forms of guest-house

pluralguest-houses

Questions about guest-house

What is guest-house the rare form of?
Guest-house is the rare form of guesthouse.

Words near guest-house in the dictionary

  1. guest worker
  2. guest workers
  3. guest-friendly
  4. guest-friendship
  5. guest-friendships
  6. guest-house
  7. guest-houses
  8. guest-meal
  9. guest-meals
  10. guest-room
  11. guest-rooms

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