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hostel
[ hos-tl ]
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. residential school ( def 2 ).
- British. a student residence at a university or boarding school.
- an inn.
verb (used without object)
- to travel, lodging each night at a hostel.
hostel
/ ˈɒə /
noun
- a building providing overnight accommodation, as for the homeless, etc
- See youth hostel
- a supervised lodging house for nurses, workers, etc
- archaic.another word for hostelry
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hostel1
Example Sentences
She said she drove him to the airport on 13 April and knew he had been staying at a hostel in Las Vegas ahead of the big wrestling event.
Bethany says the group trusted the hostel because the reviews were good but she's now urging others to be careful.
The decision by the Supreme Court found the biological interpretation of sex was required for single-sex spaces - which can include changing rooms, hostels and medical services - to "function coherently".
Amari, 21, has been homeless and lived in shelters and hostels, and said some of those places were "vile" and "unsafe".
After a referral from the staff there, he has moved out of a hostel and into supported accommodation.
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