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HOSTELRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hostelry mean? 

HOSTELRY (noun)
  The noun HOSTELRY has 1 sense:

1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersplay

  Familiarity information: HOSTELRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOSTELRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auberge; hostel; hostelry; inn; lodge

Hypernyms ("hostelry" is a kind of...):

hotel (a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hostelry"):

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)

roadhouse (an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling)


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