Hostel vs. Dormitory

Hostelnoun

A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel

Hostelnoun

(not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food

Hostelnoun

(obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Hostelverb

to stay in a hostel as part of a travel

Hostelnoun

An inn.

Hostelnoun

A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Hostelnoun

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Hostelnoun

inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)

Hostel

A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory, with shared use of a lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex and have private or shared bathrooms.

Dormitorynoun

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

Dormitorynoun

A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.

Dormitorynoun

A dormitory town.

Dormitorynoun

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school.

Dormitorynoun

A burial place.

Dormitorynoun

a college or university building containing living quarters for students

Dormitorynoun

a large sleeping room containing several beds

Dormitorynoun

a large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution

Dormitorynoun

a university or college hall of residence or hostel.

Dormitorynoun

a small town or suburb providing a residential area for those who work in a nearby city

Dormitory

A dormitory (originated from the Latin word dormitorium, often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university students. In some countries, it can also refer to a room containing several beds accommodating people.