BED-AND-BREAKFAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bed-and-breakfast mean? 

• BED-AND-BREAKFAST (noun)
  The noun BED-AND-BREAKFAST has 1 sense:

1. an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast

  Familiarity information: BED-AND-BREAKFAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BED-AND-BREAKFAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An overnight boardinghouse with breakfast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bed-and-breakfast; bed and breakfast

Hypernyms ("bed-and-breakfast" is a kind of...):

boarding house; boardinghouse (a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests)

 Context examples 

The transiting moon will be in Scorpio, which spells a yearning for privacy, so choose a charming bed-and-breakfast inn situated in or near a forest and also near water, such as a stream, lake, inlet, or babbling brook.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)