hostel
/ˈhɑstəl/
noun
- A budget-friendly accommodation where travelers can rent a bed, often in a shared room, and share common facilities like a kitchen and bathroom.
- The hostel had a common room where guests could watch movies and play games.
- Many hostels offer free breakfast and Wi-Fi to their guests.
- We stayed at a hostel in Paris to save money on our trip.
- A supervised, often inexpensive lodging for young people, students, or workers, sometimes run by a charitable organization.
- The youth hostel provided a safe place for hikers to sleep overnight.
- She lived in a student hostel while attending university.
- The city has several hostels for seasonal workers.
verb
- To stay in a hostel while traveling.
- We hostelled across Europe for two months last summer.
- They hostelled their way through Southeast Asia.
- She prefers to hostel rather than stay in expensive hotels.