hostelhos‧tel /ˈhɒstl $ ˈhɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINhostel
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Late Latin hospitale; ➔ HOSPITALEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a hostel for migrant workers
- A week's multi-activity holiday based at a youth hostel costs around £120-£130.
- Local authorities have been providing hostels since 1959 but only in very small numbers.
- More probation hostels were urgently needed for young persons, and hostels should be provided for adult offenders who required strict supervision.
- Passing the youth hostel, we climbed through gorse and bracken to Port Eynon Point.
- So I stayed at the hostel for four weeks.
- The authority spent £18,500 on bed and breakfast accommodation because its existing hostel was full.
- This would mean local authorities working together with private and voluntary sectors to provide homes and hostels.
- While in the transit camp at Lowestoft he was offered a choice of hostels in Belfast, Leeds or London.
Longman Language Activatora place where people go or stay on holidays
a place where a lot of people go for a holiday, especially one that has a lot of things specially provided for tourists such as hotels, swimming pools, organized activities etc: · Acapulco is one of Mexico's most popular resorts.· Lift tickets at most ski resorts are about $30 to $40 a day.
something such as a museum, place, event etc that tourists want to see: · Graceland, Elvis Presley's former home, is now a tourist attraction that draws more than 600,000 visitors every year.
a place where a lot of people like to go on holiday: · Amsterdam is the Netherlands' most popular tourist destination.· Phuket is an international tourist destination 430 miles south of Bangkok.
a place that a lot of tourists go to, but where hotels, food, gifts etc are more expensive than they should be, and that is often not as pleasant or interesting as tourists expect : · Residents are worried that the president's home town will turn into a tourist trap.
American a place where children go to stay for a short time and do special activities and have fun: · College students work at a camp for kids from the inner city, leading craft activities and sports competitions.· A girl's basketball camp is being organized by the City Recreation Department.summer camp: · He's going to a Boy Scout summer camp for two weeks in August.day camp (=a camp where children go during the day, but come home at night): · The YMCA is running a day camp with crafts, sports, and water fun.
British a place where people, especially families, go for their holidays and where there are a lot of organized activities: · She won a talent show at a holiday camp in Wales.
a holiday during which you travel on a large boat that has entertainment, restaurants, swimming pools etc: · The seven-day cruise stops at Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and other Mexican resorts.cruise liner/ship: · a luxury cruise ship
a trip in which you visit several different places with a group of other people: · The tour includes stops in Salzburg and Vienna.package tour (=a tour in which all the travel arrangements are made by the tour company): · Package tours that include tickets to Olympic events have sold well.
British /vacation home American a house that someone owns in a place such as the mountains or the coast where they go for their holidays: · Many Swedes have small vacation homes on a lake shore.
a holiday home that you buy with other people, so that each person can spend a period of time there: · They have a timeshare in Majorca.
American /campsite British a place where people can bring tents or vehicles that they sleep in, to stay in while they are on holiday : · Campgrounds in Glacier National Park open in late May and early June.· Most French towns have a municipal campsite.
a cheap hotel where people can stay for a short time while they are travelling on their holidays: · We stayed at a cheap hostel in the centre of Prague.
WORD SETSà la carte, adjectivebag, nounbaggage, nounB and B, bed and breakfast, nounbellboy, nounbellhop, nounboarder, nounboarding house, nounboardwalk, nouncaravanning, nouncaravanserai, nouncarry-on, adjectivecase, nounchalet, nouncheckout, nounclerk, nounconcierge, nouncourier, nouncourtesy, adjectivecruise, nouncruise ship, noundesk, noundesk clerk, noundining room, noundocent, noundude ranch, nounen suite, adjectiveexcursion, nounfirst class, nounflophouse, nounfly-drive holiday, nounfull board, noungame park, noungame reserve, noungreen card, nounguest book, nounguesthouse, nounguide, nounguided tour, nounhalf board, nounhand luggage, nounhigh season, nounholiday camp, nounholiday home, nounhostel, nounhostelry, nounhotel, nounhotelier, nounhousekeeper, nouninn, nounLilo, nounlow season, nounmecca, nounmotel, nounmotor home, nounmystery tour, nounnational monument, nounnational park, nounnight porter, nounnon-resident, nounone-star, adjectivepackage tour, nounpacking, nounpension, nounpiste, nounportmanteau, nounreception, nounresort, nounroom service, nounsafari, nounsafari park, nounself-catering, adjectiveshowplace, nounsightseeing, nounsightseer, nounstar, nounsuitcase, nounsuite, nounsundeck, nountimeshare, nountime-sharing, nountour, nountour, verbtourist, nountourist office, nountourist trap, nountouristy, adjectivetour operator, nountravel agency, nountravel agent, nountravel bureau, nountwo-star, adjectivevacancy, nounvacation, verbvacationer, nounvalet, nounvalise, nounvisit, verbvisitors' book, nounwatering place, nounwaxwork, nounyouth hostel, nounyouth hostelling, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I went youth hostelling in the Peak District.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1a place where people can stay and eat fairly cheaply2a youth hostel3a place where people who have no homes can stay I went youth hostelling in the Peak District.· I have had to live in a bail hostel.· He'd been staying at a bail hostel in Gloucester whilst waiting for the case to come to court.· He was remanded to an open bail hostel, but while he was there he raped and murdered office worker Anna McGurk.· They unanimously supported calls for action to prevent bail hostels being used by potentially dangerous offenders.· We will increase the number of bail hostel places, to enable closer supervision of those on bail.· Anna's family are appalled. meaningful pay-off Andrew hagans was staying at this bail hostel when he murdered Anna McGurk.
· Passing the youth hostel, we climbed through gorse and bracken to Port Eynon Point.· Caroline Dickinson was raped and killed July 18, 1996, in her bed at a youth hostel.· The walls surrounding the courtyard used to protect what was once a fortress but which is now a youth hostel.· Other unusual and seemingly bogus addresses: Thirty people registered at youth hostels.· A week's multi-activity holiday based at a youth hostel costs around £120-£130.· They're all fine routes for backpacking holidays but local youth hostels or bed and breakfasts are also available.· Calling Emily, I legged it to the youth hostel two miles away.
VERB· At the time we saw her, Jean was living in a hostel in North London and attending a psychiatric day centre.· She had been living in a hostel for women in North London for the past year and was waiting to be re-housed.· I have had to live in a bail hostel.
· We have increased housing support grant so that all local authorities that incur a deficit in running a hostel will qualify for grant.· Richard Megson, who runs the hostel over at Blackton, very kindly came over to fix it up for me.
· Here they stayed in a hostel run by Hugo and Lilli Steinhardt, which was attacked on Kristallnacht.· The me who said she'd never stay in a hostel again was now on her way to a night shelter.· So I stayed at the hostel for four weeks.· People staying in some short-stay hostels or night shelters. 5.· He'd been staying at a bail hostel in Gloucester whilst waiting for the case to come to court.· We stayed at a splendid hostel there.· Anna's family are appalled. meaningful pay-off Andrew hagans was staying at this bail hostel when he murdered Anna McGurk.