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The Meaning of inn

  • (n.) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
  • (n.) A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
  • (n.) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester 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.
  • (v. i.) To take lodging; to lodge.
  • (v. t.) To house; to lodge.
  • (v. t.) To get in; to in. See In, v. t.

Synonyms

hostel , hostelry , lodge , auberge

Homophones

in , in.

Rhymes

adin , akin , allin , allphin , alpin , amylin , askin , aslin , astin , aswin , atkin , bedouin , been , begin , bergin , berlin , bihn , bin , binn , blinn , boleyn , bongjin , brin , brinn , bryn , buckskin , bushkin , chagrin , chang-hsin , chin , chinh , chinn , dechine , deerskin , din , eldwin , elkin , emlyn , ervin , erwin , fin , finn , finne , flinn , flynn , foreskin , gin , ginn , glavine , glyn , glynn , grin , gwin , gwinn , gwyn , gwynn , gwynne , gyn , hamelin , has-been , herein , hinn , in , itkin , jin , jocelin , joceline , jocelyn , jocelyne , kamin , katyn , kaylynn , kin , kingpin , kinn , kinne , knin , kyoung-min , levin , ligne , lin , linchpin , linh , linn , linne , lwin , lyn , lynn , mandolin , mcginn , mcguinn , mclin , mclinn , mcminn , mcquinn , mihn , min , minh , pigskin , pin , pinn , prynne , puffin , qian , qin , quin , quinn , redskin , rinn , rinne , schwinn , sheepskin , shin , shinn , sin , sinn , skin , solzhenitsyn , spin , syn , tailspin , therein , thin , tin , trinh , twin , underpin , underspin , verduin , vin , violin , when , wherein , win , winn , winne , within , wynn , wynne , yalin , yan-bin , yin