छात्रावास "एक ऐसा प्रतिष्ठान है जो अक्सर छात्रों, श्रमिकों या यात्रियों के लिए सस्ता आवास प्रदान करता है"। यह आम तौर पर उस जगह को संदर्भित करता है जहां लोग बिस्तर या कमरा किराए पर ले सकते हैं, जिसमें अक्सर बाथरूम और रसोई जैसी साझा सुविधाएं होती हैं। हॉस्टल का उपयोग अक्सर बैकपैकर, बजट यात्रियों और अधिक सामुदायिक यात्रा अनुभव की तलाश करने वाले लोगों द्वारा किया जाता है। यह शब्द किसी ऐसी इमारत या परिसर को भी संदर्भित कर सकता है जिसमें समान तरीके से लोग रहते हैं, जैसे कॉलेज छात्रावास या युवा छात्रावास।
1. For when I returned to my hostel and snuggled down to sleep with the shouts of the men floating around in my head, I took off my own jacket, stuffed it under my bed and was struck with sudden fear.
2. I exited the hostel and made for my favorite bakery in honor of my hard work from the previous day.
3. As I slipped into my hostel, I saw a very tall man with thick boots peer at me from across the street.
4. When I went downstairs, a further disconcerting sight met me as I passed the hallway between the hostel and the bar.
5. I pressed my face against them, trying to see my hostel through the mess of buildings.
6. There were thousands of dollars there, enough to rent a room at the hostel for months, years.
7. A sailor would tattoo the land that shipwrecked him if he only had some ink, Jim had told me back at the hostel.
8. My good name had been restored at the hostel and I slept and worked and wandered the city just as I had done before my adventure.
9. But that evening, as I rocked up in Paris with wide eyes and a fast pace, a major car convention had hit town, and there was not a single vacant hotel, hostel or guest room.