motel
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- noun
- /ˈmoʊtəl/
- She checked into a motel along the highway, eager to relax after the long journey.
- a motel room
- stay in a motel
- hotels and motels
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- And I mean, I moved up the street to some really fleabag motel on Crenshaw Ave.
- So I'm staying in the little whatever motel they had for us.
- I didn't realize that we hadn't told anyone staying in the motel that we were doing that.
- And that sounds like an ad for a motel, not for a institution of higher learning.
- The people who, you know, we are staying with, they, they had a beach motel.
- It was sort of a change of career inadvertently and I bought an old motel down on South Congress.
- So the road trip that we're doing people is we're going to from Palm Springs, the Trixie Motel to Joshua Tree.
- And then I saw ATV commercial in the hotel, or I should say motel really.
- I mean, our high school and so I, I would sneak into motels, not hotels, motels and swim in their heated pool.
- He owns a strain of motels over there in Flint, MI.
- So same thing with the sundown Motel by Simone Saint James.
- Once you put the motel in there, you're there.
- I could keep going and I could find a, you know, motel somewhere.
Examples
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The gas tank was on empty, and the nearest motel was back out on the highway.
Fiction book (1990) -
We may have to stop over at a motel for the night.
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I could keep going and I could find a, you know, motel somewhere.
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"Could you give me a lift to my motel?" she asked suddenly.
Fiction book (1990) -
Let's go to a motel.
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The old Royal Villa Motel, for example, was built across from the Army Hospital.
Academic text (1992) -
So a road trip to a motel is one way to make vacations a little safer.
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It was sort of a change of career inadvertently and I bought an old motel down on South Congress.
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After a long day of driving, we found a cozy motel to rest for the night.
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The family parked their car in front of the motel and unloaded their bags.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people pay to stay and get meals and other services
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1.0
A small hotel in the countryside that offers rooms and meals
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3.4
A place where you stay for a short time or a short stay there
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3.3
Temporary rooms you rent to stay in for a short time
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3.6
A small hotel by a road with parking spaces in front of rooms
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3.4
A hotel with parking next to each room for drivers
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4.8
A small hotel where rooms open onto a parking area
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8.0
A place like a hotel that offers rooms for travelers to stay overnight
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3.4
A hotel for people traveling by car with rooms that open onto a parking lot
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A small roadside hotel or group of cabins where you can park near your room
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Etymology
Motel comes from combining motor, which means 'car', and hotel, and it was made for people traveling by car. So a motel is a small roadside hotel with parking right outside each room, which explains its modern meaning.