Motel

Quick meaning: Motel is a noun meaning (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

Meaning

(informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

More Meanings

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

Word Forms

• motels
• motelling
• motelled

Synonyms for motel

Depending on context, synonyms include court.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include court, guesthouse, inn, hostel, hotel, room.

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