Hostel Accommodation Student Noun ˈhɒstl ˈhɑːstl Stayed Conference

• we stayed at a student hostel during the conference.
• hostel accommodation is provided for the seasonal workers.
• he lives in a hostel for the homeless.

hostel

1. a building that provides cheap accommodation and sometimes meals to students, workers or travellers
• SEE ALSO youth hostel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/youth-hostel
• We stayed at a student hostel during the conference.
• Hostel accommodation is provided for the seasonal workers.

Extra Examples

• All we could afford was dormitory-style accommodation at a hostel.
• Hostels in the city cost about $10 a night.
• The building had been used as a student hostel.
• There were several backpacker hostels in that part of the town.
2. a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time
• He lives in a hostel for the homeless.

Extra Examples

• a probation hostel for young offenders
• homeless families staying in bed and breakfast hostels

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the general sense ‘lodging, place to stay)’ : from Old French, from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.