: 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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ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The hotel also hosts the annual National Prayer Breakfast in the same ballroom with similar government dignitaries and that event is also secured by the Secret Service.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
For years, the annual event has been held at the Washington Hilton, but an armed man shooting at the Secret Service inside the hotel has created a new justification for the controversial construction plan for a massive addition to the White House that would dwarf the main building itself.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Shooting began earlier this month, and is continuing at the hotel locations with some additional interior filming taking place in Paris to combat the busy summer in the south of France.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Lawmakers, event attendees and some allies of the president saw fault in the correspondents’ dinner security planning, questioning why someone like the shooter could reserve a room at the hotel to sneak in weapons around the outermost layer of security.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The hotel also hosts the annual National Prayer Breakfast in the same ballroom with similar government dignitaries and that event is also secured by the Secret Service.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
For years, the annual event has been held at the Washington Hilton, but an armed man shooting at the Secret Service inside the hotel has created a new justification for the controversial construction plan for a massive addition to the White House that would dwarf the main building itself.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Shooting began earlier this month, and is continuing at the hotel locations with some additional interior filming taking place in Paris to combat the busy summer in the south of France.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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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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