: 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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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
The theme park is outside the hazard zone, but some hotels and resorts to the west and north are not.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Japanese airline announces baggage delivery service for travelers Japan Airlines is now offering to drop passengers’ luggage off at their hotels for a fee to combat overcrowding.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Tuesday, officers called the hotel, asking if the suspect had stayed there, the clerk said.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The kingdom plans to invest tens of billions of dollars into infrastructure, including 15 new stadiums, as well as hotels and transport networks, with a stadium planned 350 meters above ground in the futuristic city of Neom.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
The theme park is outside the hazard zone, but some hotels and resorts to the west and north are not.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Japanese airline announces baggage delivery service for travelers Japan Airlines is now offering to drop passengers’ luggage off at their hotels for a fee to combat overcrowding.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Tuesday, officers called the hotel, asking if the suspect had stayed there, the clerk said.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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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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