Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A public lodging house serving food and drink to travelers; a hotel.
- noun A tavern or restaurant.
- noun Chiefly British Formerly, a residence hall for students, especially law students, in London.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To furnish entertainment and lodging to; place in shelter.
- To take up lodging; lodge.
- An obsolete form of
in . - noun A house; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
- noun Habitation; abode; residence.
- noun A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers; in law, a public house kept for the lodging and entertainment of such as may choose to visit it, and providing what is necessary for their subsistence, for compensation; a tavern; a public hotel.
- noun A college or building in which students were lodged and taught: now retained only for the Inns of Court, in London. See below.
- noun The town residence of a person of quality; a private hotel: as, Leicester Inn.
- noun The precincts or premises occupied by these societies respectively. They are the Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn. The first two originally belonged to the Knights Templars, whence the name Temple.
- noun Synonyms Hotel, House, etc. See
tavern .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To house; to lodge.
- transitive verb To get in; to in. See
In , v. t. - intransitive verb rare To take lodging; to lodge.
- noun obsolete A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
- noun A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
- noun engraving The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
- noun One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers
- noun (Eng.) colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly bp attorn`ys, solocitors, etc.
- noun (Eng.) the four societies of “students and practicers of the law of England” which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
establishment wheretravellers canprocure lodging ,food , anddrink . - noun A
tavern . - verb obsolete To
house ; tolodge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I had a choice of inns there (if one used the term inn in its loosest sense), and I chose the place with the attempt at flowers near the entrance.
The Moor King, Laurie R. 1998
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Great hosts and the "inn" is just so perfect for a base of travel in and around Oaxaca.
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Great hosts and the "inn" is just so perfect for a base of travel in and around Oaxaca.
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The inn is the pet project of Canadian construction magnate Cliff Lede (that's his eponymous winery directly below) and takes its name from his top red blend, also called Poetry.
Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels Forbes Life Staff 2010
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All the water throughout the inn is purified for safety.
An oasis of comfort in Ajijic: Casa del Sol Bed and Breakfast Inn 2009
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The inn is gone but the Beachwood Yacht Club still exists, although not in the original building.
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The inn is the best-looking place I have ever been to.
Charm XVIII : sunshine is free nathreee 2010
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All the water throughout the inn is purified for safety.
An oasis of comfort in Ajijic: Casa del Sol Bed and Breakfast Inn 2009
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The inn is the best-looking place I have ever been to.
Charm XVIII : sunshine is free nathreee 2010
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The inn is in the village of Stretton, just off the A1 in that part of Rutland that is more like Lincolnshire in character.
Ruddles County Peter Ashley 2008
rolig commented on the word inn
I really like this word, but I'm not sure why. Maybe because it's short and simple and sounds cozy. I do recognize, however, that it enables countless cutesy punny names like The Dewdrop Inn.
December 7, 2007
johnmperry commented on the word inn
It's more like a public house (UK = "pub"; other folk = bar) that offers accommodation of some sort. Not as upmarket as a hotel.
June 18, 2008