Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers.
- noun An inn; a hotel.
- intransitive verb To stay at hostels while traveling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To harbor; shelter.
- To take lodging; lodge; put up.
- noun A house of entertainment; an inn.
- noun In English universities, a house for students which does not share like a college in the government of the university. There are still several hostels in Cambridge.
- noun Lodging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic An inn.
- noun obsolete A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A commercial
overnight lodging place , with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially ayouth hostel - noun not US A
temporary refuge for thehomeless providing abed and sometimesfood - noun obsolete A small,
unendowed college inOxford orCambridge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
- noun a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Forming the heart of this Sydney village is the While the term hostel might at one time have connoted a grungy and / or antiseptic (albeit cheap) accommodation in an inconvenient part of town, thanks to a number of overnight-stay innovators the hostel is no longer something at which travelers can scoff.
Gridskipper 2009
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Forming the heart of this Sydney village is the While the term hostel might at one time have connoted a grungy and / or antiseptic (albeit cheap) accommodation in an inconvenient part of town, thanks to a number of overnight-stay innovators the hostel is no longer something at which travelers can scoff.
Gridskipper 2009
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These kinds of large dormitory establishments with common showers and toilets still serve many younger travelers, however, the term hostel now also refers to more traditional hotel-like properties whose rooms have been reconfigured to hold four beds (two sets of bunk beds) that are rented out individually.
tripso.com 2008
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When the Gujarati TTS voice spoke for the first time, it was 3 AM, but I did a little dance in hostel My laptop gave me a lot of problems over the last few days, including a hard disk crash 3 days before the project submission.
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The hostel is built like any house, subjected to the same demands on climate control and isolation.
Boing Boing 2009
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“I attend pujas in hostel when I have to .. when there is free food”
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I attend pujas in hostel when I have to, or when there is free food.
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Our hostel is surrounded by shopping malls and gas stations.
Johannesburg jen 2008
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Our hostel is surrounded by shopping malls and gas stations.
Archive 2008-10-01 jen 2008
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Tiffin-the meal - was my very favorite of the 4 meals served in hostel here, served at 4 pm.
Archive 2008-01-01 Nupur 2008
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