hostelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhɒs.təl/us/ˈhɑː.stəl/B1 a large house where people can stay free or cheaply:
a student hostel
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B1 UK US shelter a building where people with no home can live for a short time:
a hostel for the homeless
a Salvation Army hostel
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flatlet
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- rest home
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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