Lexic.us

Definition of Hostel

1. Noun. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.

2. Noun. Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips).

Definition of Hostel

1. n. An inn.

Definition of Hostel

1. Noun. A budget-oriented overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel ¹

2. Noun. (context: not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hostel

1. to stay at inns overnight while traveling [v -TELED, -TELING, -TELS or -TELLED, -TELLING, -TELS]

Medical Definition of Hostel

1. 1. An inn. "So pass I hostel, hall, and grange." (Tennyson) 2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. Origin: OE. Hostel, ostel, OF. Hostel, ostel, LL. Hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. Hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hostel

host range host range mutant host response host restriction-modification host versus graft reaction host vs graft reaction hosta hostage hostage negotiator hostage negotiators

hostages hostas hosted hostee hostees hostel (current term) hosteled hosteler hostelers hosteling

hostelled hosteller hostellers hostelling hostelries hostelry hostels hostess-ship hostess trolley

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