Definition of inn Inn

/ɪˈn/ - [in] - I•n••n•

We found 17 definitions of inn from 8 different sources.

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What does inn mean?

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Noun

inn - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
  hostel, hostelry, lodge, auberge
  hotel a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
  caravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai, khan an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
  imaret a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey
  post house, posthouse an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • inn (n.)
    A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
  • inn (n.)
    A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
  • inn (n.)
    The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.
  • inn (n.)
    One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.
  • inn (v. i.)
    To take lodging; to lodge.
  • inn (v. t.)
    To house; to lodge.
  • inn (v. t.)
    To get in; to in. See In, v. t.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

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

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • inn
    in, n. a public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers: a hotel, tavern: (obs.) a lodging, a place of abode.—ns. Inn′-hold′er (Bacon), one who keeps an inn; Inn′keeper, one who keeps an inn.—Inns of Court, the name given to the four voluntary societies which have the exclusive right of calling persons to the English bar (Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn). [A.S. in, inn, an inn, house—in, inn, within (adv.), from the prep. in, in.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • inn
    He goes not out of his way that goes to a good inn.

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  • district
    Inn is a district of the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 1,196.77 km² and a population of 9,371 people (as of December 2004).

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  • inn, noun, singular of inns.

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