a dwelling in which both food and lodging may be obtained for payment

a structure in which living space is rented to residents (boarders) who are served regular meals on the premises

A building where pupils live and, in some cases, eat. A typical boarding school will have many different boarding houses.

A building where, for compensation, lodging and meals are provided for at least three (3) but not more than twenty (20) persons.

To dream of a boarding house, foretells that you will suffer entanglement and disorder in your enterprises, and you are likely to change your residence.

A boarding house can also be called a "rooming house" (mainly in the United States) or a "lodging house". It is a house (often a family home) in which people on vacation or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. Years ago the boarders would typically share washing, breakfast and dining facilities; in recent years it has become common for each room to have its own washing and toilet facilities.