inn

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/ɪn/

noun 6verb 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

best, better, good, last, little

We stayed at a little inn in the countryside last summer.

VERB + INN

entered, intend, met, reached, stay, stayed, steps, stopped

After a long day of hiking, we finally reached the inn just before sunset.

INN + NOUN

foot, rivers, to-night

We found a cozy inn by the rivers and decided to stay the night.

PREP.

after, during, in, in, into, out, towards, up

We checked into a cosy inn after driving for six hours.

Definitions

noun

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

[H]ow much more agreeable to himself to get into snug quarters in a chateau, [...] rather than take up with the miserable lodgement, and miserable fare of a country inn.

One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

A tavern.

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

Leicester Inn

A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke.

Therefore with me ye may take vp your In / For this ſame night.

verb

To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.

But where do you intend to inn to-night?

We inned at the signe of the Swan.

To lodge or house (someone or something).

I have but Inn'd my horse since, master Cockstone.

These Inn'd themselves all Night in Knights-bridge Fields.

noun

Initialism of international nonproprietary name.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[H]ow much more agreeable to himself to get into snug quarters in a chateau, [...] rather than take up with the miserable lodgement, and miserable fare of a country inn.

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One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free

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the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns

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But where do you intend to inn to-night?

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We inned at the signe of the Swan.

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I never innd in the Towne but once.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, inn is marked as dated, obsolete, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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