hostel

[ hos-tl ]

/ ˈhɒs tl /

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noun

Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.

(formerly) a residence for the exclusive use of boarding Indigenous students, separate from but close to any of a series of day schools in northern Canada that were operated or funded by the federal government and were themselves open to students of any ethnicity.See also residential school (def. 2).

British. a student residence at a university or boarding school.

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.

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Origin of hostel

First 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 hostel

1. hostel , hostile2. hostel , hotel, motel

Words nearby hostel

hospodar, host, hosta, hostage, host computer, hostel, hosteler, hosteller, hostelling, hostelry, hostel school

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How to use hostel in a sentence

On many thru-hiking trails, there is often relatively easy and semi-frequent access to towns with outfitters or even hiker boxes of left-behind items at hostels and stations.
Ultralight backpacking hacks no one tells you about|Sandra Gutierrez|July 29, 2021|Popular-Science
For scale, only 500 local residents still live in Dubrovnik’s old town, the rest of its warren of buildings are Airbnb lets or hostels.
This Tourist Hotspot Is Open—and Blissfully Quiet|Lucie Grace|July 14, 2021|The Daily Beast
Found in hostels, shops, post offices, laundromats, and other businesses along the trail, hiker boxes contain anything the last hikers to come through had too much of—from socks to stove fuel to sunscreen to food.
Hiking the Appalachian Trail: A Beginner’s Guide|Karen Berger|June 28, 2021|Outside Online
The children of Indigenous San people, also known as Bushmen, often live in remote communities, and the government provides schools with hostels for their children so they can get an education.
Hey, Teacher! Indigenous School Wrongs Are Global|Kate Bartlett|June 23, 2021|Ozy

Ron Limb, 54, the hostel’s owner, was home in bed, awakened by a call from someone at the hostel.
Nashville Police Chief says Anthony Q. Warner is a person of interest in the Christmas morning explosion|Derek Hawkins, Michael Kranish, Simone Sebastian, Meryl Kornfield|December 27, 2020|Washington Post
But, 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
Sanclemente went on the lam before being arrested in a Buenos Aires student hostel in May of that year.
Jailed Narco-Model Swears Innocence|Ian Mount|November 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The name "Students' Hostel," written on a large poster placed at the gate, attracted my attention and I rang the doorbell.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
Before leaving the Hostel I was invited into a garden gay with roses and carnations and the merry voices of happy girls.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
The programs are made up by professionals and students of the Hostel who are studying music.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
If you find neatness at an hostel, it is kept by old-country people.
Canada and the Canadians|Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
Then you saw a sleighing party in the country, and soon a hostel of goodly size.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hostel

hostel

/ (ˈhɒstəl) /

noun

a 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 hostel

C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice; see hospital

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