Hostel

Noun

 * 1) A budget-oriented overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities
 * 2) Especially, short for youth hostel
 * 3) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food (this definition is not used in the USA)

Adjectives for Hotel
quiet; friendly; favored; complete; beachfront; residential; delightful; attractive; seaside; centrally-located; modern; perfect; cheerful; warm; inviting; traditional; unique; outstanding; swanky; apartment; wooden; cozy; commercial; resort; small; vermin-infested; temperance; convenient; comfortable; charming; nice; hospitable; cosmopolitan; well-kept; well-organized; innumerable (plural); superb; fine; famous.

Verbs for Hotel
dwell at—; inhabit—; loll in—; patronize—; retain at—; stow away in—; —accommodates; —caters to; —counforts; —delights; —employs; —nourishes; —offers; —provides; —serves; —welcomes; —furnishes.

Thesaurus
boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, doss house, fleabag, flophouse, guest house, hospice, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodge, lodging house, ordinary, pension, posada, pub, public, public house, roadhouse, rooming house, tavern

Etymology
, from reinforced by  ostel:, from  hospitale:, from Classical  hospitalis: itself from hospes: + -alis:.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:pub

Derived terms

 * hosteler
 * hostelry

Related terms

 * host
 * hostler
 * hotel

Anagrams

 * helots
 * hotels
 * Lhotse
 * loseth
 * tholes

Translations

 * Arabic: نزل, أوتيل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 招待所,, 旅舍, 旅社
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: hostelli, retkeilymaja, matkustajakoti
 * French: ,


 * German:, Wohnheim,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ホステル,, 宿舎
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, турбаза, хостел
 * Scottish Gaelic: ostail
 * Spanish:, parador


 * Dutch: hospies


 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1) hostel

Related terms

 * host

Noun

 * 1) hotel; ; inn establishment offering rooms for hire

Derived terms

 * maistre d'hostel

Noun

 * 1) hostel