HOSTEL
Dictionary entry overview: What does hostel mean?
• HOSTEL (noun)
The noun HOSTEL has 2 senses:
1. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
2. inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
Familiarity information: HOSTEL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOSTEL (noun)
Meaning:
A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
auberge; hostel; hostelry; inn; lodge
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)
Meaning:
Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
student lodging; youth hostel; hostel
Hypernyms ("hostel" is a kind of...):
housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)
