Definition of "hostel" in İngilizce

noun

1. A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.

   • A rundown hostel

2. (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.

3. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

4. (obsolete) A public hotel.

5. (South Africa, South Asia) A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.

verb

1. (intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels.

2. (transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel.