1. hospital - Noun
2. hospital - Adjective
3. Hospital - Proper noun
Hospitable.
A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThis life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. Charles Baudelaire
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. Florence Nightingale
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running. Groucho Marx
Old age is a hospital that takes in all diseases. English Proverb
He who has one foot in a brothel, has the other in a hospital. German Proverb
The king of the dreamers lies in the hospital. German Proverb