inn
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.
Origin of inn
1synonym study For inn
Other words for inn
Other words from inn
- innless, adjective
Other definitions for Inn (2 of 2)
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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How to use inn in a sentence
If you do decide to spend the night in Princeton and want to stay away from chain hotels, there are two historic inns in town.
She has published several books including Old Kyoto - A Guide to Shops, Inns and Restaurants.
I have fed and slept at inns, living on the worst of fares and sleeping on the hardest, and hardly the cleanest, of beds.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniI assure you that it is as I say—neither at the post-house nor at any of the inns I visited could I find me a spare horse.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe fine old inns that Kingston boasted afford proof of the amount of custom the town enjoyed.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. Harper
Guildford has many old inns, as befits an old town which lay directly upon an old coach-road.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperHardly less numerous than these inns were the motor-supply depots along this road.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
British Dictionary definitions for inn (1 of 2)
/ (ɪn) /
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
Origin of inn
1British Dictionary definitions for Inn (2 of 2)
/ (ɪn) /
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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