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room and board

room and board noun: a place of lodging with daily meals (board), usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.

Noun

room and board (uncountable)

  1. A place of lodging with daily meals (board), usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.
    • In return for the work Sanderson was allowed an attic room and board at the Nelson cottage.1902, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 2, in The Young Bridge-Tender
    • I jumped at the opportunity of talking to Rose on such a scabrous matter and at the same time solved Smith's difficulty by proposing that he should come and take room and board with the Gregorys—a great stroke of practical diplomacy on my part, or so it appeared to me1922, Frank Harris, “X”, in My Life and Loves

Synonyms of room and board

Questions about room and board

What does room and board mean?
Room and board means a place of lodging with daily meals (board), usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.
What part of speech is room and board?
Room and board is a noun.

Words near room and board in the dictionary

  1. rools
  2. roolya-boolya
  3. roolyeh-boolyeh
  4. room
  5. room air
  6. room and board
  7. room and pillar
  8. room by the hour
  9. room divider
  10. room dividers
  11. room for a pony

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