Bed-and-breakfast

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of bed and breakfast. alt-of, alternative

    "Ms. Soar’s parents bought the property in 1976, and the couple moved in 15 years ago. They’ve spent much of that time struggling to maintain the sprawling estate, operating a bed-and-breakfast, a farm shop, a cider business, a bakery, a pork store and various other commercial ventures to support its upkeep."

  2. 2
    an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To stay in a bed and breakfast. intransitive

    "We bed-and-breakfasted around Ireland and everywhere had placed before us great slashed loaves of soda bread made with coarse brown flour, buttermilk and bicarbonate of soda."

  2. 2
    To engage in a bed-and-breakfast deal.

    "However, other assets (e.g. works of art) are still sometimes bed-and-breakfasted for tax purposes."

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