hos|pi|tal

hos|pi|tal
hos|pi|tal «HOS pih tuhl», noun.
1. a place where sick or injured people or others who need medical treatment are cared for: »

The doctor removed my tonsils at the hospital.

2. a similar place for animals.
3. a repair shop usually for small items, such as dolls and fountain pens.
4. a charitable institution for the shelter and care of the poor, sick, or aged, or for the education of needy children (now only in English legal use and in proper names like Greenwich Hospital, originally a home for retired seamen).
5. Obsolete. a hospice.
╂[< Old French hospital hostel, learned borrowing from Medieval Latin hospitale inn, singular of Latin hospitālia guest rooms, ultimately < hospes, -itis guest, host1. See etym. of doublets hostel (Cf. ↑hostel), hotel (Cf. ↑hotel), spital. (Cf. ↑spital)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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