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guesthouses

guesthouses is the plural 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

Questions about guesthouses

What is guesthouses the plural of?
Guesthouses is the plural of guesthouse.

Words near guesthouses in the dictionary

  1. guestfriendly
  2. guestfriendship
  3. guestfriendships
  4. guesthood
  5. guesthouse
  6. guesthouses
  7. guestimate
  8. guestimated
  9. guestimates
  10. guestimating
  11. guestimation

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