hostel

«hostel» in Mova's school dictionary: A cheap place to stay, often with shared rooms and bunk… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a hostel, hostels)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cheap place to stay, often with shared rooms and bunk beds, for travellers and young people. tree →

2) A building where people who have no home or are students can live for a time. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life families or school groups stay at a youth hostel on trips. In social studies a hostel may be a place for homeless people to sleep. In stories it shows a simple, cheap stay. Phrases: youth hostel, stay in a hostel.

examples

• Our class stayed at a youth hostel in the hills. tree →
• The hostel had bunk beds and a shared kitchen. tree →
• Backpackers often sleep in hostels. tree →
• The city opened a new hostel for homeless people. tree →
• We cooked our own breakfast at the hostel. tree →
• The hostel was full, so we found a campsite. tree →

note

Countable. Not the same as «hostile» (unfriendly) or «hotel» (bigger, more expensive, private rooms). Spelling: -el at the end.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hostel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.