hostel
noun/ˈhɒstl/
/ˈhɑːstl/
- a building that provides cheap accommodation and sometimes meals to students, workers or travellers
- We stayed at a student hostel during the conference.
- Hostel accommodation is provided for the seasonal workers.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb1, Holidaysb1- All we could afford was dormitory-style accommodation at a hostel.
- Hostels in the city cost about $10 a night.
- The building had been used as a student hostel.
- There were several backpacker hostels in that part of the town.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- student
- youth
- stay at
- accommodation
- accommodations
- at a/the hostel
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- (British English) (also shelter North American English, British English)a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time
- He lives in a hostel for homeless people.
Extra Examples- a probation hostel for young offenders
- homeless families staying in bed and breakfast hostels
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- refugee
- bed-and-breakfast
- bail
- …
- stay at
- stay in
- in a/the hostel
Word OriginMiddle English (in the general sense ‘lodging, place to stay)’ : from Old French, from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.
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