Sheraton
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sheraton in British English:
UK ['ʃerət(ə)n]
How to pronounce Sheraton in American English:
US ['ʃerətn]
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- Noun:
- a furniture style that originated in England around 1800; simple in design with straight lines and classical ornamentation
Word Origin
- Sheraton
- severe style of late 18c. English furniture, 1883, from name of cabinetmaker Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806). The family name is from a place in Durham, late Old English Scurufatun (c.1040), probably "farmstead of a man called Skurfa" (an old Scandinavian personal name). The hotel chain dates from 1937 and has no obvious direct connection.
Example
- 1. Jiaxing opened by the billiards room sheraton .
- 2. At tirana 's sheraton hotel that evening , clarke fielded suggestions .
- 3. Is there an airport bus to the sheraton hotel ?
- 4. Sheraton broadway plantation myrtle beach timeshare .
- 5. By the fourth day of the talks at doha 's sheraton hotel his casual but determined style had won over lebanese critics .