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hotel

noun US /hoʊˈtel/

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,054 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,368 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

hotel in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • We've taken rooms at the hotel up here.

    Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1

  • My rooms were conveniently situated for visits to the Hotel Guelph.

    The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1

  • In fact, he, Sturgis, need not accompany them, except to the hotel.

    The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1

  • He chose a different hotel each time, so that it was always an Adventure.

    Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1

  • His house was for him but a mere hotel, where he slept, and took his evening meal.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

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