hotels

Noun

hotel (plural hotels)

1. (historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
   • [T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]1920, Edith Wharton, chapter 2, in The Age of Innocence, New York: D. Appleton and Company
2. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
   • When gold-digging commenced in California, the writer was staying at an hotel in Wellington, New Zealand, where a Yankee trader was also staying. Seated at the dining-table, the latter was discoursing of the business he was doing […] .1868, "A Clergyman" (John Morison), Australia in 1866, page 165
3. (Australia, Canada, Western) A public house or pub.
4. (South-Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.
5. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
6. The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.