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[ hos-tl ] / ˈhɒs tl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hostel ON THESAURUS.COM
nounAlso called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc. British. a residence hall at a university. an inn. verb (used without object), hos·teled, hos·tel·ing or (especially British) hos·telled, hos·tel·ling.to travel, lodging each night at a hostel. Origin of hostelFirst recorded in 1200–50; Middle English (h)ostel, from Old French, from Late Latin hospitāle “guest room”; see hospital WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hostel1. hostel , hostile2. hostel , hotel, motelWords nearby hostelhospodar, host, hosta, hostage, host computer, hostel, hosteler, hosteller, hostelling, hostelry, hostel school Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hostelBut, still, week after week, Addison lived in a Dili hostel waiting for the rusty wheels of Timorese justice to set her free. Let’s Free Stacey Addison, The Oregon Woman Jailed at the Ends of the Earth|Christopher Dickey|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST They drove through France before settling in Spain, where they rented rooms in a hostel in Malaga. Desperate Parents Arrested After Fleeing Britain For Other Treatment Options for Son in Europe|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is a new kind of hostel for a new generation of traveller. Not Your Typical Miami Pool Party|Starbucks|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the other hand, I suspect that hostel also forbade alcohol and cigarettes too, right? Live Chat: Let's Talk About Drugs|David Frum|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We sat in the kitchen of the North London hostel for delinquents where she lives, on probation, an electronic tag around her leg. A Tinderbox Waiting for a Match|Gavin Knight|August 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Everybody at the College, and particularly at the Hostel, agreed that the first few weeks of the new term were trying. A Popular Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil If I'd been staying at the hostel, I expect we should have got on capitally next term! The Luckiest Girl in the School|Angela Brazil We stood outside the door of the hostel for some minutes, before deciding which direction we should take. The Golden Grasshopper|W.H.G. Kingston The missing link is the Hostel de ltoile, and apparently nothing exists which takes the place of it. Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces|Francis Miltoun We put up at the hostel of the Crown, and, in sooth, a merrier night I never spent withal. William Shakespeare as he lived.|Henry Curling
British Dictionary definitions for hostel
nouna building providing overnight accommodation, as for the homeless, etc See youth hostel British a supervised lodging house for nurses, workers, etc archaic another word for hostelry Word Origin for hostelC13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice; see hospital Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hostelinn, hotel, youth hostel |