Definition of "rooming house" []

• A house where lodgers may rent rooms. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Walt returns to the rooming house first, at twilight because his silver jewelry business in Mallory Square grinds to a halt after dark."
• "There was a 205-foot clear shot from the bathroom of a nearby rooming house to King's motel room balcony."
• "A man named John Willard checked into the rooming house the same morning King checked into the Lorraine."