'Hostel' definitions:
Definition of 'hostel'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) [syn: hostel, youth hostel, student lodging]
Definition of 'Hostel'
From: GCIDE
- Hostel \Hos"tel\, n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel.]
- 1. An inn. [Archaic] --Poe. [1913 Webster]
- So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hostel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boardinghouse,
- dorm,
- dormitory,
- doss house,
- fleabag,
- flophouse,
- guest house,
- hospice,
- hostelry,
- hotel,
- inn,
- lodge,
- lodging house,
- ordinary,
- pension,
- posada,
- pub,
- public,
- public house,
- roadhouse,
- rooming house,
- tavern