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- [hos-tl]
- /ˈhɒs tl/
- /ˈhɒs.təl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hos-tl]
- /ˈhɒs tl/
Definitions of hostel word
- noun hostel Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc. 1
- noun hostel British. a residence hall at a university. 1
- noun hostel an inn. 1
- verb without object hostel to travel, lodging each night at a hostel. 1
- noun hostel An establishment that provides inexpensive food and lodging for a specific group of people, such as students, workers, or travelers. 1
- noun hostel cheap lodging 1
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Origin of hostel
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English (h)ostel < Old French < Late Latin hospitāle guest room. See hospital
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Parts of speech for Hostel
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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hostel popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hostel usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hostel
noun hostel
- inn — a river in central Europe, flowing from S Switzerland through Austria and Germany into the Danube. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- hotel — a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- youth hostel — hostel (def 1).
- lodging — a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
- shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
verb hostel
- lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
- nested — (of an ordered collection of sets or intervals) having the property that each set is contained in the preceding set and the length or diameter of the sets approaches zero as the number of sets tends to infinity.
- stay over — spend the night
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