TOP

Definition of boarder noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

boarder

noun
 
/ˈbɔːdə(r)/
 
/ˈbɔːrdər/
(especially British English)
jump to other results
  1. a child who lives at school and goes home for the holidays
    • boarders and day pupils
    Topics Educationc2
  2. a person who pays money to live in a room in somebody else’s house synonym lodger
    • After her father’s death, her mother took in boarders to bring in extra money.
    Topics Houses and homesc2
See boarder in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
trait
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
B2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day