hosts
/həʊsts/ · noun
Meaning
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- Any computer attached to a network.
- A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- To perform the role of a host.
- To lodge at an inn.
- To run software made available to a remote user or process.
- A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
- A large number of items; a large inventory.
- The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
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