: 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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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Slated to open in early 2028, the property will combine a 63-key hotel with 54 private villas, ranging from two to five bedrooms.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
The hotel was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
—Michelle Marchante
september 26, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The temporary budget will allow ATN to pay staff and maintain service using existing hotel fees, fares and state funding while longer-term solutions are worked out.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The victim's brother Jacob Robinson, told WTMJ-TV 4 that Giovanni was walking back to his hotel after having dinner and drinks to celebrate his first hole-in-one at Whistling Straits Golf Course when he was shot and killed.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Slated to open in early 2028, the property will combine a 63-key hotel with 54 private villas, ranging from two to five bedrooms.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
The hotel was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
—Michelle Marchante
september 26, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The temporary budget will allow ATN to pay staff and maintain service using existing hotel fees, fares and state funding while longer-term solutions are worked out.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 28 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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