hotel
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
Noun 4 meanings
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
A public house or pub.
A restaurant; any dining establishment.
The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
Etymology
Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostel and hospital.
HOTEL at a glance
HOTEL has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + T 1 + E 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,152 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hotel
All rhymes- INTEL5
- MOTEL7
- CARTEL8
- HOSTEL9
- PASTEL8
- MANTEL8
- MARTEL8
- BETEL7
- CHATTEL12
- LINTEL6
- KITTEL10
- BATTEL8
One letter away
- MOTEL7
- HOVEL11
- HOSEL8
- HOTEN8
- BOTEL7
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