host1

noun

• 1a person who receives or entertains other people as guests: a dinner-party host
• a person, place, or organization that holds an event to which others are invited:Innsbruck once played host to the Winter Olympics
• the presenter of a television or radio programme: your host is Stuart Macmillan

• 2 Biology an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.
• (also host cell) a living cell in which a virus multiplies.

• 3a person or animal that has received transplanted tissue or a transplanted organ.

• 4 (also host computer) a computer which stores a website or other data that can be accessed over the Internet or which provides other services to a network.

• 5an area in which particular plants or animals are found:Australia is host to some of the world’s most dangerous animals

verb

• 1act as host at (an event) or for (a television or radio programme): Canada was asked to host a Commonwealth conference in Ottawa

• 2store (a website or other data) on a server or other computer so that it can be accessed over the Internet:Columbia University currently hosts some 400 websites