as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
in the old days, a traveler could spend the night at one of the hostels placed along the coach route
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Recent Examples of hostel
How authorities say the shooting happened Authorities say Mangione arrived in New York City by bus days before the Dec. 4 shooting and checked into a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Some hostels offer stays as low as 12 euros a night.
—Nerdwallet, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
The seller in the deal, Andy Ward, bought the old Foursquare home in 2016, and opened the hostel the following year.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
The global hostel market was valued at $7.21 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $11.04 billion by 2030, a Research and Markets report highlighted.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Some hostels offer stays as low as 12 euros a night.
—Nerdwallet, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
The seller in the deal, Andy Ward, bought the old Foursquare home in 2016, and opened the hostel the following year.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
The global hostel market was valued at $7.21 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $11.04 billion by 2030, a Research and Markets report highlighted.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hostel
Noun
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Most Popular Most Popular New CT luxury hotel preps for season in shoreline town.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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All the models have been at a nearby hotel since the previous night, so there is no chaos at all.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Elevated, or maybe lowered: lowered to the tavern, the dungeon, the brothel.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The drunk driver managed a tavern and had served himself liberally while at work.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Hostel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostel. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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