English Explanatory Dictionary

inn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
  2. A tavern.
  3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
  4. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
  5. A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.
verb
  1. To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.
  2. To lodge or house (someone or something).
noun
  1. Initialism of international nonproprietary name.
name
  1. A right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

Pronunciation

ĭn /ɪn/ en-us-inn.ogg

Word forms

inn inns inning inned

Etymology

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

Synonyms

hotel inn lodging lodging house alehouse boozer boozing ken bousing ken drinker drinkery gargle-factory gin joint groggery local nineteenth hole pot-house pub public house rummery saloon tavern watering hole

Related words

bed and breakfast guesthouse hostel hotel motel

Derived words

coaching inn coach inn Cross Inn inmate innful innholder innkeeper innkeeping innless innlike innyard motor inn New Inn no room at the inn posting inn Tram Inn
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