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hostess (iou) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (sh)


hostess (iou)



hostess noun & verb. ME.

A. noun.
A woman who lodges or entertains guests; a woman who acts as a host. ME.
Radio Times The BBC was looking for two hostess-announcers for Television. S. Spender She was a great hostess and patroness.
A woman who keeps a public place of lodging and Entertainment; the landlady of an inn or public house. ME.
A woman employed to entertain customers at a nightclub etc.; euphem. a prostitute. M20.
A woman employed to attend to passengers on an aircraft (also air-hostess), train, etc. M20.
Comb.: hostess apron, hostess dress, hostess pyjamas, etc.: suitable for wearing to receive guests; hostess trolley: for holding (and keeping hot) Food to be served at table.
b. verb intrans. & trans. Be the hostess of (a party etc.); act as hostess (at). E20.
hostessy adjective pertaining to or typical of a hostess; hospitable: M20.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (sh)




U.S. private university in Cambridge, famous for its scientific and technological Training and research.

Founded in 1861, MIT has schools of architecture and planning, engineering, humanities and social sciences, Management (the Sloan School), and science and a college of Health sciences and technology. Though it is best known for its programs in engineering and the physical sciences, Other areas such as Economics, political science, urban studies, linguistics, and philosophy are also strong. Among its facilities are a nuclear reactor, a computation centre, geophysical and astrophysical observatories, a linear accelerator, a space research centre, supersonic wind tunnels, an artificial-intelligence laboratory, a centre for cognitive science, and an international-studies centre.