HOTEL
Dictionary entry overview: What does hotel mean?
• HOTEL (noun)
The noun HOTEL has 1 sense:
1. a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
Familiarity information: HOTEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOTEL (noun)
Meaning:
A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hotel" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Meronyms (parts of "hotel"):
hotel room (a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hotel"):
fleabag (a rundown hotel)
auberge; hostel; hostelry; inn; lodge (a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers)
court; motor hotel; motor inn; motor lodge; tourist court (a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area)
resort hotel; spa (a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area)
Ritz (an ostentatiously elegant hotel)
ski lodge (a hotel at a ski resort)
holiday resort; resort; resort hotel (a hotel located in a resort area)