hospitable

Everyday

1. Friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors. tree →
2. (of a place) Pleasant and easy to live in, as in «a hospitable climate». tree →

In the lessons

In stories and everyday life it describes kind hosts who give guests food and a bed. In science and geography a «hospitable» place has water, warmth and food so living things can survive there; a desert or the Moon is «inhospitable». Phrase: hospitable to visitors.

Examples

• Our neighbours were very hospitable and gave us cake. tree →
• The villagers were hospitable to the lost travellers. tree →
• Be hospitable when your friends come to play. tree →
• Earth is the most hospitable planet we know. tree →
• The cold mountain top is not hospitable for plants. tree →
• The hotel staff were warm and hospitable. tree →
• The eleven brothers thought that they had come to very hospitable people. tree →

Note

Stress can be on «HOS» or on «SPIT». Opposite: inhospitable. Noun: hospitality. Related to hospital and host — all come from a word meaning guest.