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HOSTEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
Synonyms:
hostel; student lodging; youth hostel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hostel" is a kind of...):
housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Synonyms:
auberge; hostel; hostelry; inn; lodge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hostel" is a kind of...):
hotel (a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hostel"):
caravan inn; caravansary; caravanserai; khan (an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans)
imaret (a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey)
post house; posthouse (an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders)
roadhouse (an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling)
Context examples:
You saw the things I had with me at yonder hostel: name which you will, save only the box of rose-colored sugar which I take to the Lady Loring, and you shall have it if you will but come with me to France.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You must come with me first to the prince, and then back to the hostel; though sure I am that it would grieve his heart that any gentle cavalier should turn from his board to a common tavern.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The streets were clearer now, and the rain had stopped, so they made their way quickly from the Rue du Roi, in which their new friends dwelt, to the Rue des Apotres, where the hostel of the Half Moon was situated.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
