Synonyms for motel

Grammar : Noun

Spell : moh-tel

Phonetic Transcription : moʊˈtɛl

Définition of motel

Origin : 1925, coined from motor- + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers.
The Milestone Interstate Corporation ... proposes to build and operate a chain of motor hotels between San Diego and Seattle, the hotels to have the name 'Motel.' ["Hotel Monthly," March 1925]

noun temporary, short-term residence, often for travelers

Example sentences :

I found a motel in a rather untravelled spot and sacked in for the night.
Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

The car was going to take a dive into the fountain pool in front of my motel.
Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett

She says a lot of motel owners do all right as Justices of the Peace.
Extract from : « The Love of Frank Nineteen » by David Carpenter Knight

We got into the parking lot of a closed summer motel with a number of other travelers.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

They were about fifty miles to the west of there in a motel.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

I put everything into the suitcase, and drove back to the motel.
Extract from : « Exile from Space » by Judith Merril

It wasn't a hotel; it was a motel, which I didn't know about at that time, but he said I'd be better off there.
Extract from : « Exile from Space » by Judith Merril

I hadn't told him where the motel was, and I had at least enough caution left not to tell him, even then.
Extract from : « Exile from Space » by Judith Merril

I found the motel without much trouble, and went in and registered; I knew how to do that, at least—I'd seen it plenty of times.
Extract from : « Exile from Space » by Judith Merril

A little more than halfway there, I saw a motel with a "Vacancy" sign out, and an attractive clean look about it.
Extract from : « Exile from Space » by Judith Merril

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