: 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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Quietly hiding on Florida’s Panhandle, the Forgotten Coast, is a stretch of Gulf coastline that remains untouched by the development of high-rise hotels and shopping malls.
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Be sure to throw in some hotel-quality sheets and pillows to complete your journey to a better night’s sleep.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2025
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—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
Quietly hiding on Florida’s Panhandle, the Forgotten Coast, is a stretch of Gulf coastline that remains untouched by the development of high-rise hotels and shopping malls.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
Be sure to throw in some hotel-quality sheets and pillows to complete your journey to a better night’s sleep.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2025
Where to Stay Little Saigon has a few hotel options in the area, including the Ayres Hotel Anaheim, which is less than 10 minutes from Disneyland.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 28 Dec. 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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