: 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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Travel to Europe is convenient from the major airports, and cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia offer world-class entertainment, restaurants, and hotels.
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With innovative design, thoughtful touches, and world-class service, these recent openings top our list of the best new hotels of 2025.
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Some have suggested a market or food hall on the main level, a hotel on the top floors and a river-side balcony where people could eat and sip while gazing at the Mississippi.
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Noun
On a sticky hot morning in July, Ed Pierson steps into the lobby of a hotel in Washington, DC, completely unwilling to obey the plane-crash life cycle.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2025
Travel to Europe is convenient from the major airports, and cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia offer world-class entertainment, restaurants, and hotels.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
With innovative design, thoughtful touches, and world-class service, these recent openings top our list of the best new hotels of 2025.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
Some have suggested a market or food hall on the main level, a hotel on the top floors and a river-side balcony where people could eat and sip while gazing at the Mississippi.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 22 Mar. 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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