motel

[ moh-tel ]

/ moʊˈtɛl /

noun

a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.

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Origin of motel

1920–25; blend of motor and hotel

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH motel

hostel hotel motel (see synonym study at hotel)

Words nearby motel

mot test, motagua, motais operation, mote, mote spoon, motel, motet, moth, moth bean, moth mullein, moth orchid

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Example sentences from the Web for motel

Such a woman would be much more difficult to catch unawares than a teenage escort trapped in a motel room.
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Cunningham and a male friend went to the motel and entered the room.
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We were finishing steaks at a motel dining room, washing them down with beer, when the waitress could stand it no longer.
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He is said by investigators to have acknowledged going with Simonson to a motel in Rochester, Minnesota.
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The woman left the motel and went to a Panorama City 7-Eleven, where she called the police.
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Like I said, the spotel business isn't so different from the motel game back in California.
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We got into the parking lot of a closed summer motel with a number of other travelers.
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The car was going to take a dive into the fountain pool in front of my motel.
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He stopped for a moment and gave a swift command into the lapel pickup, then went on to his motel room.
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She says a lot of motel owners do all right as Justices of the Peace.
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British Dictionary definitions for motel

motel

/ (məʊˈtɛl) /

noun

a roadside hotel for motorists, usually having direct access from each room or chalet to a parking space or garage

Word Origin for motel

C20: from motor + hotel

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motel

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