: 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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Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Better known for its sunnier festival galas at Cannes and Venice, amfAR lands in London for the first time on Friday night with a dinner and auction at the Chancery Rosewood hotel and local girl Joely Richardson on hosting duties.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Tamera Mowry is seasonally dressed in a cream jacket paired with a brown mini skirt and knee boots while stepping out of her hotel in New York.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
In-town Accommodations There are a good number of solid national chains not far from campus—Marriott, Comfort Inn, Best Western, and Hilton, among others—but until recently, there were no hotel rooms within walking distance of the stadium.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
These new private terminals are starting to resemble five-star hotels in terms of accommodations and service.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Better known for its sunnier festival galas at Cannes and Venice, amfAR lands in London for the first time on Friday night with a dinner and auction at the Chancery Rosewood hotel and local girl Joely Richardson on hosting duties.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Tamera Mowry is seasonally dressed in a cream jacket paired with a brown mini skirt and knee boots while stepping out of her hotel in New York.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
In-town Accommodations There are a good number of solid national chains not far from campus—Marriott, Comfort Inn, Best Western, and Hilton, among others—but until recently, there were no hotel rooms within walking distance of the stadium.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 18 Oct. 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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