hostel

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hos·tel [hostel hostels] BrE [ˈhɒstl] NAmE [ˈhɑːstl] noun
1. a building that provides cheap accommodation and meals to students, workers or travellers
see also ↑youth hostel
2. (BrE) (also shel·ter NAmE, BrE)a building, usually run by a charity, where people who have no home can stay for a short time
•a hostel for the homeless
See also: ↑shelter

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’.

Example Bank:
•He lives in a hostel for the homeless.
•We stayed at a student hostel during the conference.
•We stayed at a youth hostel in Perugia.
•a probation hostel for young offenders
•homeless families staying in bed and breakfast hostels
•All we could afford was dormitory-style accommodation at a hostel.
•Hostel accommodation is provided for the seasonal workers.
•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.
•They were on a walking tour, staying in youth hostels.
•a youth/student hostel

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  youth hostel, student lodging, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge