: an establishment that provides lodging and usually meals, entertainment, and various personal services for the public : inn
Hotel
2 of 2communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter h
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Noun
check out of a hotel
for their 50th anniversary they stayed at one of the finest hotels in San Francisco
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The hotel’s hidden gem is Bar Margaret, a sultry, candlelit space tucked in one corner of the house.
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Noun
Enjoy the rooms Each of the hotel’s 203 rooms has its own design.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The hotel’s hidden gem is Bar Margaret, a sultry, candlelit space tucked in one corner of the house.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, is serving his second term as popular Illinois governor and is mulling running for a third term in 2026.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Epic’s ticket sales, hotel bookings strong, Comcast leaders say
Reports of international travel woes haven’t shown up for Universal Orlando, company president says.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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hotel
noun
ho·tel
hō-ˈtel 
: an establishment that provides lodging and often meals, entertainment, and personal services for its guests
Etymology
Noun
from French hôtel "hotel," from early French hostel "a place for travelers to spend the night," derived from Latin hospitalis "of a guest, showing hospitality," from hospit-, hospes "host, stranger, guest" — related to hospital, hospitality
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