motel room
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- noun
- /ˈmoʊtɛl ruːm/
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habitación de motel
- We decided to book a motel room for the night during our road trip.
And that night we were sitting around the motel room and he said, Bob, what's one thing I could do that would make me a better golfer?
- And that night we were sitting around the motel room and he said, Bob, what's one thing I could do that would make me a better golfer?
- And he's, I don't know if he has an alcohol problem, but I don't, I don't know if he doesn't, but he broke out a window one time in our hotel room or motel room.
Examples
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Inside the motel room, police say they found $15,000 and a handgun...
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"I'm going to get a motel room tonight, if that's all right with you."
Fiction book (1999) -
Find yourself a motel room, rest up and consider us
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Well, then what do you say we go find a motel room?
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I'm stuck in a motel room.
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Would I be able to persuade you to get a motel room as well?
Fiction book (1999) -
I was with my parents in a motel room on vacation.
Fiction book (1992) -
We went to a grubby little motel room.
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So he rented a motel room in Santa Rosa, CA.
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I had the television on in the motel room, trying to distract my five-year-old son.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A room in a house where people sleep
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A private room where hotel guests sleep and use a bathroom
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A place where you stay for a short time or a short stay there
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A room for visitors to sleep in
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A room with a bed for visitors who stay overnight
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A room for sleeping
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A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train
Temporary rooms you rent to stay in for a short time
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a room in a motel' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'motel' (a hotel for motorists) with 'room' (an indoor space for sleeping/lodging), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning. This is a straightforward compound following common English noun-composition patterns that are cross-linguistically frequent.
Etymology
Motel room comes from motel, a short form of motor + hotel, made for drivers on the road. These places had rooms that opened to the parking area so you could park your car right outside, so a motel room means 'a hotel room for people travelling by car'.