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accommodate |
to provide food or lodging or both for. [1/6 definitions] |
accommodation |
(usu. pl.) food and lodging, or lodging alone. [1/6 definitions] |
B and B |
abbreviation of "Bed-and-Breakfast," an establishment offering lodging and breakfast. [1/2 definitions] |
bed-and-breakfast |
an establishment, often a small inn, that offers lodging and breakfast. |
billet1 |
nonmilitary lodging assigned to troops, esp. in a private home. [3/6 definitions] |
board |
daily meals, esp. in combination with rented lodging. [2/9 definitions] |
cadge |
to cajole others into providing one's meals, lodging, or transportation. [1/2 definitions] |
canton |
to assign lodging to (soldiers, troops, or the like); billet; quarter. [1/3 definitions] |
dislodge |
to move from a lodging or established position. [1/2 definitions] |
encamp |
to set up, or take lodging in, a camp. [1/2 definitions] |
freeload |
(informal) to take food, lodging, entertainment, or the like at someone else's expense and usu. to his or her disadvantage. |
gatehouse |
a house built next to or over a gate, often used as a keeper's lodging. [1/2 definitions] |
hospice |
a place of shelter or lodging for travelers, orphans, the poor, or the like, often administered by a religious order. [1/2 definitions] |
hospitable |
friendly, warm, and generous, esp. in welcoming, feeding, and lodging guests. [1/3 definitions] |
host1 |
a person who provides hospitality such as food, entertainment, or lodging for guests. [1/5 definitions] |
hostel |
to use hostels for lodging while traveling. [1/3 definitions] |
hotel |
a commercial establishment that provides overnight lodging, meals, and other services. |
housing |
a shelter or dwelling; lodging. [1/4 definitions] |
indentured servant |
a person who is bound to work without pay in the service of another for a specified length of time, esp. in exchange for the cost of travel, food, and lodging. |
lodgment |
the act of lodging or condition of being lodged. [2/3 definitions] |
quarter |
(pl.) a place of lodging, esp. temporary. [1/15 definitions] |
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