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.
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Suites are even more plush, with butlers to pack and unpack bags, a full bar setup, and the option to have room service delivered, course by course, from the ship’s specialty restaurants. Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025 And a fun techie feature is the hotel is the first and only hotel in Canada to offer room service via an autonomous delivery robot. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 The Hotel Occupancy Tax only applies to the price of the hotel room itself, not to other costs like room service. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025 After Sona realized first class Indian train tickets included fresh sheets and private rooms (plus room service!), there was no going back to the rough and tumble life of uncomfortable seats. Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Parents, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for room service

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 21 Aug. 2025.

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