variants
or caravanserai
as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
a caravansary designed specifically for self-styled cheapskates
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Recent Examples of caravansary
Another of Bogaczewicz’s photographs captures a Saudi family having a picnic under a highway overpass, much as their bedouin ancestors might have stopped their caravansary by a desert wadi to have a meal.
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Wired, 26 Nov. 2019
Wired, 26 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caravansary
Noun
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The hotel food facility was cited by county inspectors for unsafe food and another major violation.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Question: Will the new hotel tax hike be enough to expand the convention center?—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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Be sure to keep an eye out as the windmill atop the tavern is engulfed in flames several times an hour.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Save on lodging Instead of staying at a hotel, consider a hostel.—
NerdWallet,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Singapore address led to a hostel building within the campus of the Management Development Institute of Singapore, but the company could not be located during a Reuters visit.—
AJ Vicens,
USA TODAY,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Caravansary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravansary. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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