: 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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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026
The program, which has been allocated $40,000 annually, will provide free hotel stays for up to two weeks, Bistodeau said.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Resembling a medieval Armenian fortress, the hotel has rooms that boasted arched doorways, stone flooring and handwoven Tufenkian carpets.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
First opened in 2021, the Vegas Loop offers free rides around the Las Vegas Convention Center and charges between $4 and $12 for rides to some hotels, casinos and the airport.
—Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Super Bowl Sunday, Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe both posted Instagram Stories from the game, including one playful video of the two of them together in their hotel room.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026
The program, which has been allocated $40,000 annually, will provide free hotel stays for up to two weeks, Bistodeau said.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Resembling a medieval Armenian fortress, the hotel has rooms that boasted arched doorways, stone flooring and handwoven Tufenkian carpets.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
First opened in 2021, the Vegas Loop offers free rides around the Las Vegas Convention Center and charges between $4 and $12 for rides to some hotels, casinos and the airport.
—Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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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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