Index of English words, starting with "ho"

(1) - Host (v. i.) To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
(2) - Host (v. t.) To give entertainment to.
(3) - Host (n.) One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
(4) - Host (n.) Any great number or multitude; a throng.
(5) - Host (n.) An army; a number of men gathered for war.
(6) - Host (n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

(1) - Hostage (n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.

(1) - Hostel (n.) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
(2) - Hostel (n.) An inn.

(1) - Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
(2) - Hostess (n.) A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.