Hotel definition

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An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.
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A commercial establishment providing lodging and, usually, meals and other services for the public, esp. travelers.
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(now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. [from 17th c.]
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An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 17th c.]
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The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
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The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
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The definition of a hotel is a place that provides temporary sleeping accommodations to travelers.

An example of a hotel is the Ramada or the Holiday Inn where travelers stay overnight.

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In France, the mansion of a person of wealth or rank.
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hotel
Plural:
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Origin of hotel

  • French hôtel from Old French hostel hostel hostel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French hôtel. Compare hostel.

    From Wiktionary

Hotel Sentence Examples

  • Well, if they turn you out, we'll just get a room at a hotel in Bartlesville.

  • If you want me to get a hotel room, I totally understand.

  • He wasn't in the lobby, so she stepped outside the hotel and sauntered down the boardwalk.

  • When the reception was over we went back to the hotel and teacher slept quite unconscious of the surprise which was in store for her.

  • His wealth, arising from property in New York, where also he built the New Netherland hotel and the Waldorf hotel, was enormous.

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