Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #345 of 1319

hostel (n.)

cheap shared accommodation

Examples

  • We stayed in a hostel.

Key rules

  • A hostel is cheap shared accommodation
  • Stay in a hostel, a youth hostel
  • Hostel is countable

Common mistakes

  • We stayed on a hostel → We stayed in a hostel

Use cases

  • Budget travel
  • Student trips
  • Backpacking
💡 Tip: Hostel rooms often have shared bathrooms.
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