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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Then, in September, he was arrested by federal authorities at a Manhattan hotel.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Meantime, Killian and I are holed-up at a Baymont hotel in Blackwell.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
13 May 2025
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What local tavern did Babe Ruth go to for a hot dog and beer between games of Sox-Yankees doubleheaders at Comiskey Park? 10.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Mike moves into temporary hostel housing and gets a restaurant job as a junior chef.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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Everyone else in the hostel room stayed asleep or woke up but didn't bother leaving.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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“Caravansary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravansary. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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