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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One of the hands had a bracelet from the hostel where Coatti was staying, and the bracelet eventually helped investigators determine the identity of the victim, El Spectador, El Tiempo and El Colombiano reported.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The exterior of the old hotel, where the blue doors led to the lobby of a hostel that opened in 2000 in half of the building.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025
My parents kindly paid for the rest and covered my living expenses (hostel fees, food, etc).
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 4 Apr. 2025
The lobby of the hostel, which closed in 2014.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The exterior of the old hotel, where the blue doors led to the lobby of a hostel that opened in 2000 in half of the building.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025
My parents kindly paid for the rest and covered my living expenses (hostel fees, food, etc).
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 4 Apr. 2025
The lobby of the hostel, which closed in 2014.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hostel
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“Hostel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hostel. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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