room service

noun

: service provided to hotel guests in their rooms
also : the hotel department responsible for such service
ordered a meal from room service

Examples of room service in a Sentence

He ordered a meal from room service.
Recent Examples on the Web Food and Drink In the morning, guests can order from a room service breakfast menu or grab a donut from the on-site Nightlight Donuts & Coffee. Alex Temblador, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024 But while most of our palates have broadened far past Western comforts, room service menus—even those found in the poshest properties—haven’t adapted much to our worldly appetites. Katie Chang, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, trustees racked up a nearly £8,000 ($10,700) bill paid for by the charity that included costs from spa treatments, room service, cigarettes, and other hotel products. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024 New Orleans’ own literary vampire queen, Anne Rice, would sequester herself in one of the suites, embarking on marathon writing sessions fueled by room service and the energy of the French Quarter. Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for room service 

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Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of room service was in 1916

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“Room service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/room%20service. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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