: 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
Examples of hotel in a Sentence
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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Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
The hotel also just debuted Midosuji, an eight-seat omakase counter with two seatings a night.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
This low-budget doc, directed by Steve Markle and available to view on YouTube, follows a bunch of aspiring actors—along with some has-beens—living in a rundown hotel in the heart of Hollywood.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
The officers will stay in hotels in Waukegan, Gurnee and possibly elsewhere.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Abu Dhabi also offers a stopover program, which provides customers with a free hotel night to spend extra days in the city before connecting to another flight.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
The hotel also just debuted Midosuji, an eight-seat omakase counter with two seatings a night.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
This low-budget doc, directed by Steve Markle and available to view on YouTube, follows a bunch of aspiring actors—along with some has-beens—living in a rundown hotel in the heart of Hollywood.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
The officers will stay in hotels in Waukegan, Gurnee and possibly elsewhere.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hotel
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 7 Sep. 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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