From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmotelmo‧tel /məʊˈtel $ moʊ-/ ●●○ noun [countable] DLTa hotel for people who are travelling by car, where you can park your car outside your room► see thesaurus at hotel
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motel• Participants camp under the stars, except for one night in a motel.• My grandparents stayed at a nearby motel and visited daily, along with my father.• Others stay in a nearby motel.• To my amazement, although the motel is full judging by the amount of cars, there are no residents on view.• He drops me off downwind of the motel.• I walk along the side of the motel scratching myself on the pebble dash, for carelessness.• They brought them back to the motel.• I have nothing to do with the motel.Origin motel (1900-2000) motor + hotel 