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# hostel

noun (a hostel, hostels)

«hostel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cheap place to stay, often with shared rooms and bunk beds, for travellers and young people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#m1)
2. A building where people who have no home or are students can live for a time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life families or school groups stay at a youth hostel on trips. In social studies a hostel may be a place for homeless people to sleep. In stories it shows a simple, cheap stay. Phrases: youth hostel, stay in a hostel.

### Examples

- Our class stayed at a youth hostel in the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#x1)
- The hostel had bunk beds and a shared kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#x2)
- Backpackers often sleep in hostels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#x3)
- The city opened a new hostel for homeless people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#x4)
- We cooked our own breakfast at the hostel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#x5)
- The hostel was full, so we found a campsite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Not the same as «hostile» (unfriendly) or «hotel» (bigger, more expensive, private rooms). Spelling: -el at the end.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hostel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hostel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hostel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hostel.html) on Mova free.