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How to pronounce “hostel”
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Pronunciation guide for hostel
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hostel with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Higgs Boson Discovery & Life's Meaning
I stayed in a room of the CERN hostel
- Definition summary
- A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
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How to pronounce hostel
Higgs Boson Discovery & Life's Meaning

I stayed in a room of the CERN hostel
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hostel”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
- (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
- (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
- (obsolete) A public hotel.
- (South Africa, South Asia) A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.
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- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
- (transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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