hostel

Noun
US[hos-tuhl]/ˈhɑstəl/2 syllables
Synonyms: hostelryinnlodgeaubergeyouth hostel

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)hostels

  1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersSynonyms: hostelryinnlodgeaubergeType of hotelKinds caravansary, posthouse, roadhouse, imaret
  2. inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)Synonyms: youth hostelType of housing, lodging
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Hos′tel noun

Origin: OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel.

1. An inn. archaic Edgar Allan Poe

So pass I hostel, hall, and grange.— Alfred Tennyson

2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. obsolete Raphael Holinshed

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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