inn

[ in ]

/ ɪn /

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noun

a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.

a tavern.

(initial capital letter) British.

any of several buildings in London formerly used as places of residence for students, especially law students.Compare Inns of Court.
a legal society occupying such a building.

Nearby words

inlying, inmate, inmesh, inmigrant, inmost, inn, innage, innards, innate, innate immunity, innate releasing mechanism

Origin of inn

before 1000; Middle English, Old English in(n) house; akin to Old Norse inni (adv.) within, in the house

SYNONYMS FOR inn

1 hostelry. See hotel.

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Related forms

inn·less, adjective

Definition for inn (2 of 2)

Inn

[ in ]

/ ɪn /

noun

a river in central Europe, flowing from S Switzerland through Austria and Germany into the Danube. 320 miles (515 km) long.

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Examples from the Web for inn

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With these words I kissed him on the forehead and left the inn.
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Redford still admired him, saying he was “isolated from the world, free of self-contempt, managing an inn at the edge of nowhere.”
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Redford got on well with the owner of the inn, and the two spent days listening to music, and indulging in drunken conversation.
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From the inn yard came the sound of music and the beat of the dancers feet on the hard ground.
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If it had been at the inn there would have been nothing to talk about at all, except about the wreck.
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Arthur related briefly what had happened from the time of his first taking the bed at the inn.
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The strangers departed, having promised the Johnsons to meet the next morning at an inn lower down the harbour.
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British Dictionary definitions for inn (1 of 2)

inn

/ (ɪn) /

noun

a pub or small hotel providing food and accommodation

(formerly, in England) a college or hall of residence for students, esp of law, now only in the names of such institutions as the Inns of Court

Word Origin for inn

Old English; compare Old Norse inni inn, house, place of refuge

British Dictionary definitions for inn (2 of 2)

Inn

/ (ɪn) /

noun

a river in central Europe, rising in Switzerland in Graubünden and flowing northeast through Austria and Bavaria to join the River Danube at Passau: forms part of the border between Austria and Germany. Length: 514 km (319 miles)

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