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motel

[moh-tel]

noun

  1. 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.



motel

/ əʊˈɛ /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of motel1

First recorded in 1920–25; blend of motor and hotel
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Word History and Origins

Origin of motel1

C20: from motor + hotel
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Those who love a road trip could drive the 9½ hours from L.A., staying at fun motels along the way.

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That same year, she launched Inside Safe, which has been moving thousands of unhoused Angelenos into hotels, motels and other interim housing.

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That move, backed by the City Council, gave Bass the power to award no-bid contracts to nonprofit groups and to rent hotels and motels for interim homeless housing.

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He was shot and stabbed on several occasions and killed a thieving female motel owner who ambushed him.

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He tried to get a motel room for them to stay at in Fresno, court documents state, but was turned down because he lacked two forms of identification.

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