: 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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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Spend your days surfing and your nights on the hotel's roof drinking a cocktail by the fire.
—Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
At the Arlo Wynwood hotel’s new restaurant, the look may not have changed completely, but the concept has.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
An American teenager was taken into custody by Paris police after her newborn baby was thrown from the window of a hotel on the outskirts of Paris, according to multiple reports.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
There is also a great bar hidden along the hotel’s lazy river pool, which is a big hit with kids, but adults will love the bar.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Spend your days surfing and your nights on the hotel's roof drinking a cocktail by the fire.
—Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
At the Arlo Wynwood hotel’s new restaurant, the look may not have changed completely, but the concept has.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
An American teenager was taken into custody by Paris police after her newborn baby was thrown from the window of a hotel on the outskirts of Paris, according to multiple reports.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hotel
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 3 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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