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 24th season of James Milner’s Premier League career began with a knock on the door of his hotel room at 5.15am on June 2, just eight days after the previous campaign had ended.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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Portraits of the homeless advocate Joyce Brown and the fifth grader David Bright, one of the city’s numerous ‘hotel kids,’ glow with nuance and sympathy.—
Book Marks
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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From Bavarian caves to Bohemian beer halls, from Milwaukee taverns to Oktoberfest tents, lagers have always been tied to the vessels they’re served in.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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From the historic Slippery Noodle Inn—Indiana's oldest tavern—to creative cocktail bars and farm-to-table restaurants, Indianapolis has big-city luxuries without losing an iota of small-town charm.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Aug. 2025
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Sunny and Ulla had first met by Riverside Park, in the cafeteria line of a hostel for international students and American students interested in an international experience.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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The plane crashed into a hostel for the B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital (BJMC).—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
13 June 2025
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“Caravansary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caravansary. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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