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hos·tel
[hos-tl] noun, verb hos·teled, hos·tel·ing or (especially British) hos·telled, hos·tel·ling. noun
1.
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
2.
British. a residence hall at a university.
3.
an inn.
verb (used without object)
4.
to travel, lodging each night at a hostel.
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Hostel
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Example Sentences
- There's a bargain-priced boutique hostel in the district.
- Instead of the usual offers of hostel places, they were simply asked what they needed to change their lives.
- To make money, he opened the town's first hostel by converting one of the rooms into a six-bed dormitory.
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World English Dictionary
| hostel (ˈhɒstəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a building providing overnight accommodation, as for the homeless, etc |
| 2. | See youth hostel |
| 3. | (Brit) a supervised lodging house for nurses, workers, etc |
| 4. | archaic another word for hostelry |
| [C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice; see | |
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Word Origin & History
hostel
1232, from O.Fr. hostel (Fr. hôtel), from M.L. hospitale "inn, large house" (see hospital). Obsolete after 16c., revived 1808, along with hostelry (M.E. hostelrie) by Sir Walter Scott.
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