hostel

noun

ˈhä-stᵊl How to pronounce hostel (audio)
Definition of hostelnext
as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests in the old days, a traveler could spend the night at one of the hostels placed along the coach route

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Recent Examples of hostel Six of them — where dozens of victims were killed in bars, houses, at a hostel or outside on the street — were carried out by multiple gunmen. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 The Mahony Group runs three pubs and five backpacker hostels around Australia, from Melbourne in the state of Victoria to Cairns in the far north. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bhandari expects that, at best, his 122-bed hostel will reach 60% occupancy during that peak tourist season this year, down from 100% last year. — Sam Meredith,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Built between 1922 and 1926, the Grand Mosque housed a prayer room, a library, a hammam – or public bath – a hostel and a restaurant. — Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hostel
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  1. hotel
  2. tavern
Noun
  • Chigurh kills Wells in his hotel room and then answers a call from Moss intended for Wells.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The restaurant is a beautiful glass and wood building that looks over the hotel's gardens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of hotel
Noun
  • What to do nearby A stone’s throw away is the Water Street Market, a complex of shops that includes an antiques mall, the Grazery café, and a neighborhood tavern called Parish.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The restaurant carries the fantasy theme into its food and atmosphere, designed to feel like a tavern straight out of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tavern

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