| English Dictionary |
HOSTELRY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does hostelry mean?
• HOSTELRY (noun)
The noun HOSTELRY has 1 sense:
1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Familiarity information: HOSTELRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river." (Native American proverb, Tuscarora)
"Little by little you fill the sink and drop by drop you fill the barrel." (Catalan proverb)
"The one not dancing knows lots of songs." (Cypriot proverb)