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hostel
an inexpensive lodging place for young people; an inn: The students stayed at a youth hostel.
Not to be confused with:
hostile – warlike, aggressive: a hostile takeover; adverse, contrary, unsympathetic: a hostile response
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hos·tel
(hŏs′təl)n.
1. A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers.
2. An inn; a hotel.
intr.v. hos·teled, hos·tel·ing, hos·tels
To stay at hostels while traveling.
[Middle English, lodging, from Old French, from Medieval Latin hospitāle, hospice, inn; see hospital.]
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hostel
(ˈhɒstəl)n
1. a building providing overnight accommodation, as for the homeless, etc
2. (Other Non-sporting Hobbies) 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 hospital]
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hos•tel
(ˈhɒs tl)n., v. -teled, -tel•ing (esp. Brit.) -telled, -tel•ling. n.
1. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young travelers.
2. an inn.
v.i. 3. to travel, lodging each night at a hostel.
[1200–50; Middle English (h)ostel < Old French < Medieval Latin hospitāle guesthouse]
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| Noun | 1. |  hostel - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelerscaravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai, khan - an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services imaret - a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey post house, posthouse - an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders roadhouse - an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling |
| 2. | hostel - inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) |
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hostel
noun cheap hotel, YMCA, YWCA, youth hostel, dormitory She spent two years living in a hostel, with no possessions.
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hostel
[ˈhɒstəl] N → residencia f; (= youth hostel) → albergue m juvenil (Univ) → residencia f de estudiantesCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hostel
(ˈhostəl) noun1. a building with simple accommodation, especially for young people, hikers etc. a youth hostel.albergue
2. a building where students etc may live. a nurses' hostel.residencia
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hostel
→ albergue juvenil , hostalMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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