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innkeeping

innkeeping noun: the trade of an innkeeper; hostelry.

Noun

innkeeping (uncountable)

  1. The trade of an innkeeper; hostelry.
    • For Season 3 Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott give up innkeeping and buy their first house.2008 June 8, Mike Hale, “Surf’s Up, Channel Surfers”, in New York Times

Adjective

innkeeping (not comparable)

  1. Operating one or more inns.
    • an innkeeping family

Origin of innkeeping

From inn + keeping.

Questions about innkeeping

What does innkeeping mean?
Innkeeping means the trade of an innkeeper; hostelry.
What part of speech is innkeeping?
Innkeeping can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near innkeeping in the dictionary

  1. innkeeper worm
  2. innkeeper worms
  3. innkeeperess
  4. innkeeperesses
  5. innkeepers
  6. innkeeping
  7. innkeepress
  8. innkeeps
  9. Innlandet
  10. innless
  11. innlike

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