"hostel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɑstəl/ [General-American], /ˈhɒstəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔsʈəl/ [South-Asia], /hɔsˈʈɛl/ [South-Asia], /ˈhosʈəl/ [South-Asia], /hɵsˈʈɛl/ [South-Asia] Audio: En-us-hostel.ogg [US] Forms: hostels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒstəl Etymology: From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hostel}} Middle English hostel, {{der|en|fro|hostel}} Old French hostel, {{der|en|la-lat|hospitale|t=hospice}} Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), {{der|en|la|hospitalis|t=hospitable}} Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”), {{doublet|en|hotel|hospital}} Doublet of hotel and hospital, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-noun}} hostel (plural hostels)
  1. An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel. Translations (an affordable overnight lodging place): نُزُل (nuzul) [masculine] (Arabic), أُوتِيل (ʔōtēl) [masculine] (Arabic), հանրակացարան (hanrakacʻaran) (Armenian), հոսթել (hostʻel) (Armenian), իջեւանատուն (iǰewanatun) (Armenian), хосте́л (hostél) [masculine] (Bulgarian), alberg [masculine] (Catalan), 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 宿舍 (sùshè) (Chinese Mandarin), 旅舍 (lǚshè) (Chinese Mandarin), 旅社 (lǚshè) (Chinese Mandarin), 背包客棧 /背包客栈 (bēibāo kèzhàn) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), hostel [masculine] (Czech), vandrerhjem [neuter] (Danish), hostel [neuter] (Danish), herberg [neuter] (Danish), herberg [masculine] (Dutch), pension [neuter] (Dutch), gastejo (Esperanto), hostelli (Finnish), retkeilymaja (Finnish), matkustajakoti (Finnish), auberge [feminine] (French), pension [feminine] (French), ჰოსტელი (hosṭeli) (Georgian), საერთო საცხოვრებელი (saerto sacxovrebeli) (Georgian), Herberge [feminine] (German), Wohnheim [neuter] (German), Heim [neuter] (German), Herbrig [Alemannic-German, feminine] (German), ξενώνας (xenónas) [masculine] (Greek), אַכְסָנִיָּה (achsanía) [feminine] (Hebrew), vendégház (Hungarian), szálló (Hungarian), fogadó (Hungarian), losmen (Indonesian), ostello [masculine] (Italian), ホステル (hosuteru) (Japanese), 寮 (ryō) (alt: りょう) (Japanese), 宿舎 (shukusha) (alt: しゅくしゃ) (Japanese), ផ្ទះសំណាក់ (phtĕəh sɑmnak) (Khmer), 호스텔 (hoseutel) (Korean), 기숙사 (gisuksa) (alt: 寄宿舍) (Korean), хо́стел (hóstel) [masculine] (Macedonian), wharepuni (Māori), hostel [masculine] (Polish), albergue [masculine] (Portuguese), estalagem [feminine] (Portuguese), hostel [neuter] (Romanian), общежи́тие (obščežítije) [neuter] (Russian), турба́за (turbáza) [feminine] (Russian), хо́стел (xóstɛl) [masculine] (Russian), хосте́л (xostɛ́l) [masculine] (Russian), мини-оте́ль (mini-otɛ́lʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ostail [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), hostel [masculine] (Slovak), albergue [masculine] (Spanish), parador [masculine] (Spanish), hostal [masculine] (Spanish), hosteli (Swahili), vandrarhem [neuter] (Swedish), pensionat [neuter] (Swedish), ungkarlshotell [neuter] (Swedish), härbärge [neuter] (Swedish), விடுதி (viṭuti) (Tamil), หอพัก (hɔ̌ɔ-pák) (Thai), hostel (Turkish), гурто́житок (hurtóžytok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), го́стел (hóstel) [masculine] (Ukrainian), госте́л (hostél) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nhà nghỉ (Vietnamese)
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  2. (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food. Translations (a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food): օթեւան (ōtʻewan) (Armenian), прыту́лак (prytúlak) [masculine] (Belarusian), начле́жка (načljéžka) [feminine] (Belarusian), прыю́т (pryjút) [masculine] (Belarusian), прию́т (prijút) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hospies [neuter] (Dutch), άσυλο (ásylo) [neuter] (Greek), albergue [masculine] (Portuguese), abrigo [masculine] (Portuguese), прию́т (prijút) [masculine] (Russian), ночле́жка (nočléžka) [feminine] (Russian), ночле́жный дом (nočléžnyj dom) [masculine] (Russian), прѐноћӣште [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), prènoćīšte [Latin, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), härbärge [neuter] (Swedish), приту́лок (prytúlok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), нічлі́жка (ničlížka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), прию́т (pryjút) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. Tags: obsolete
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  4. (obsolete) A public hotel. Tags: obsolete
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  5. (South Africa, South Asia) A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students. Tags: South-Africa, South-Asia Translations (place of accommodation for students): छात्रावास (chātrāvās) (Hindi), हॉस्टल (hŏsṭal) (Hindi), lar de estudantes [masculine] (Portuguese), விடுதி (viṭuti) (Tamil), ஹாஸ்டல் (hāsṭal) (Tamil)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bail hostel, hosteler, hosteller, hostelite, hostelry, poshtel, probation hostel, youth hostel Related terms: host, hostler, hotel, hospice

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɑstəl/ [General-American], /ˈhɒstəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔsʈəl/ [South-Asia], /hɔsˈʈɛl/ [South-Asia], /ˈhosʈəl/ [South-Asia], /hɵsˈʈɛl/ [South-Asia] Audio: En-us-hostel.ogg [US] Forms: hostels [present, singular, third-person], hosteling [US, participle, present], hostelling [UK, participle, present], hosteled [US, participle, past], hosteled [US, past], hostelled [UK, participle, past], hostelled [UK, past]
Rhymes: -ɒstəl Etymology: From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hostel}} Middle English hostel, {{der|en|fro|hostel}} Old French hostel, {{der|en|la-lat|hospitale|t=hospice}} Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), {{der|en|la|hospitalis|t=hospitable}} Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”), {{doublet|en|hotel|hospital}} Doublet of hotel and hospital, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-verb|+l}} hostel (third-person singular simple present hostels, present participle (US) hosteling or (UK) hostelling, simple past and past participle (US) hosteled or (UK) hostelled)
  1. (intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels. Tags: intransitive
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  2. (transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel. Tags: transitive
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Inflected forms

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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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      "roman": "hosṭeli",
      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "word": "ჰოსტელი"
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "word": "fogadó"
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "호스텔"
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      "word": "기숙사"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "parador"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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      "word": "vandrarhem"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "härbärge"
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      "code": "ta",
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      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "viṭuti",
      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "word": "விடுதி"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "hɔ̌ɔ-pák",
      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "word": "หอพัก"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "word": "hostel"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "hurtóžytok",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гурто́житок"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "hóstel",
      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "hostél",
      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "госте́л"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "an affordable overnight lodging place",
      "word": "nhà nghỉ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
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      "word": "օթեւան"
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "be",
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hospies"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "ásylo",
      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "albergue"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "abrigo"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prijút",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "härbärge"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "lang_code": "uk",
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      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приту́лок"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "pryjút",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "hi",
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      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "chātrāvās",
      "sense": "place of accommodation for students",
      "word": "छात्रावास"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "hŏsṭal",
      "sense": "place of accommodation for students",
      "word": "हॉस्टल"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "place of accommodation for students",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "lar de estudantes"
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      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "viṭuti",
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      "word": "விடுதி"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "hāsṭal",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hostelled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hostelled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+l"
      },
      "expansion": "hostel (third-person singular simple present hostels, present participle (US) hosteling or (UK) hostelling, simple past and past participle (US) hosteled or (UK) hostelled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stay in a hostel during one's travels."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lodge (a person) in a hostel."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑstəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-hostel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/En-us-hostel.ogg/En-us-hostel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-hostel.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒstəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔsʈəl/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Asia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔsˈʈɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Asia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhosʈəl/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Asia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɵsˈʈɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Asia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hostile (one pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒstəl"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Walter Scott"
  ],
  "word": "hostel"
}

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