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hotel

Definitions of hotel
  1. noun
    a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
    synonyms: hostal
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    types:
    fonda, hospedería, hostería, mesón, parador, posada, taberna
    a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
    caravanera, caravansar, caravasar
    an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
    motel
    a motor hotel
    ventorrillo
    an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
    type of:
    edificio, inmueble
    a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
  2. noun
    a short light metallic sound
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