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( sports ) the sport or activity of riding a horse She goes horseback riding every weekend.

horse • shoe / ' horjju/ noun [ count ]

a piece of metal shaped like a U that a horse wears on its foot

hose / houz / noun

[ count, noncount ]

a long soft tube that you use to bring water, for example in the yard or when there is a fire

hos • pi • ta • ble /

ha' spitabl / adjective

friendly and helpful to visitors

hos . pi .tal © / 'haspitl/ noun [ count ]

a place where doctors and nurses take care of people who are sick or hurt

My brother is in the hospital with a broken leg. The ambulance took her to the hospital . Word building

If you are very sick or you have an accident , you go to the hospital . A doctor gives you treatment and you are called a patient . You might need to have surgery .

hos • pi • tal • i • ty / |haspэ ' trebti / noun [ noncount ]

being friendly and helpful to people who are visiting you We thanked them for their hospitality.

host / houst / noun [ count ]

a person who invites people to their house, for example to a party

Mark, our host, introduced us to the other guests. —Look at hostess .

hos • tage / ' hostid3 / noun [ count ]

a prisoner that a person or group keeps until people give

them what they want

Several passengers were taken hostage .

The group held his daughter hostage until he paid them the

money.

hos • tel / ' hastl / noun [ count ]

a place like a cheap hotel where people can stay a youth hostel

host • ess / ' houstэs / noun [ count ] ( plural host . ess . es )

a woman who invites people to her house, for example to a party —Look at host .

hos • tile / hastl / adjective

very unfriendly a hostile crowd

► hos • til • i • ty / ha'stibti / noun [ noncount ]

I could sense her hostility.

hot © / hat / adjective ( lot ter , hot tes )

having a high temperature

I'm hot. Can you open the window? It's hot today, isn't it? hot water

—ANTONYM cold

Hot food has a strong, burning taste a hot sauce

—SYNONYM spicy

Thesaurus

hot having a high temperature; (used about a person) feeling heat in an uncomfortable way: Do you like this hot weather? ♦ Be careful - the plates are hot. ♦ If you're hot, take off your sweater. warm with a temperature that is high but not very high, so that it feels pleasant; not hot and not cold: Wash the blouse in warm soapy water. ♦ It's cold outside but it's nice and warm in here. ♦ Are you warm enough? ♦ I jumped up and down to keep warm. —ANTONYM cold , cool

lukewarm slightly warm, often in an unpleasant way: The food was only lukewarm. ♦ Add half a cup of lukewarm water to the mixture. boiling ( informal )

very hot in an unpleasant way: You must be boiling in that heavy coat. ♦ Can you turn the heat down? It's boiling hot in here. -►ANTONYM freezing

hot-air bal . loon hot-air balloon

/ |hat ' er ba|lun / noun [count]

a big round thing that is filled with hot air so that it floats in the sky, carrying people in a container (called a basket ) under it

hot dog / ' hat dog / noun [ count ]

a sausage (= meat made into a long, thin shape ) that you eat in a long roll

hO .tel Ф / hou'tel/ noun [ count ]

a place where you pay to sleep when you are traveling I stayed at a hotel near the airport.

hot • line / ' hatlain / ( also hot line ) noun

[count]

a special telephone line that people can call to get advice or information