From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishyouth hostelˈyouth ˌhostel noun [countable] DLTa place where people, especially young people who are travelling, can stay very cheaply for a short time
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youth hostel• A week's multi-activity holiday based at a youth hostel costs around £120-£130.• Caroline Dickinson was raped and killed July 18,1996, in her bed at a youth hostel.• The walls surrounding the courtyard used to protect what was once a fortress but which is now a youth hostel.• Passing the youth hostel, we climbed through gorse and bracken to Port Eynon Point.• In the late afternoon the weather cleared and we walked back to the youth hostel.• Calling Emily, I legged it to the youth hostel two miles away. 