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# inn

noun (an inn, inns)

«inn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An inn is a small hotel or pub, often in the countryside or an old building, where travellers can eat, drink and stay the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#m1)
2. (Bible) In the Christmas story, there was no room for Mary and Joseph at the inn in Bethlehem, so Jesus was born where animals were kept. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and history lessons, travellers on horseback stopped at inns; in nativity plays a child plays the innkeeper. In everyday life many British pubs are called «The Something Inn». Phrases: «stay at an inn», «there was no room at the inn», «innkeeper», «roadside inn».

### Examples

- We had lunch at an old inn in the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x1)
- There was no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x2)
- In the nativity play, I was the innkeeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x3)
- The tired travellers stopped at an inn for the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x4)
- The Good Samaritan took the hurt man to an inn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x5)
- The Red Lion Inn has a big fireplace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x6)
- The inn had rooms upstairs and a bar below. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x7)
- There was an inn by the roadside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/#x8)

### Note

Countable: inns. Homophone: «in» (preposition) sounds the same. Old-fashioned word; today «hotel», «pub» or «B&B» are common.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inn.html) on Mova free.