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Plural of hostel

regular plural

The plural of hostel is hostels.

Forms of hostel

Singularhostel /ˈhɑstəl/
Pluralhostels
Countablecountable

Hostels in a sentence

  • Sometimes they used to hide in our hostels, trying to run away from the police.2015 July 14, Debajani Mohanty, The Curse of Damini, Partridge Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry krantikari
  • In cybersavvy Dublin, public-access terminals are in shopping malls, hotels, and hostels throughout the city center.2006, Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Frommer's Ireland from $90 a Day. From the entry cybersavvy
  • In hostels, everyone is expected to wash and dry his or her own dishes.2005, Susan Griffith, “In Extremis”, in Work Your Way around the World, 12th edition, Oxford, Oxon: Vacation Work, →ISBN, page 564. From the entry dishy
  • One of the broadcast receivers which are provided at all L.M.S.R. trainmen's hostels is seen in the background.1947 March and April, “L.M.S.R. Hostels for Trainmen”, in Railway Magazine, page 92, photo caption. From the entry recreation room
  • The new generation avoided fixed itineraries, stayed in cheap hotels or hostels, and (unaffected by the lipophobia of later generations) lived on bread, cheese, and paté.1998, Harvey A Levenstein, Seductive journey: American tourists in France from Jefferson to the Jazz Age. From the entry lipophobia

Meaning of hostel

  1. noun An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
  2. noun A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
  3. noun A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Full definition of hostel

Questions about the plural of hostel

What is the plural of hostel?
The plural of hostel is hostels.
Is hostel countable?
Hostel is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hostel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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