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motel

/moʊˈtɛl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
  2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.
  3. To stay in a motel or motels.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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