inn

/ɪn/
noun

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

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  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.

    “the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns”

  4. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

    “Leicester Inn”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

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”).

Similar and opposite words

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hotellodgingalehouseboozerdrinkerdrinkerygroggerylocal

INN at a glance

INN has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + N 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,268 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with inn

All rhymes
  • LINN4
  • WINN7
  • GINN5
  • JINN11
  • DJINN13
  • BIRLINN9

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