motel

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noun temporary, short-term residence, often for travelers

noun. place of residence, usually temporary

noun. place where one pays for accommodation

noun. place where one pays for accommodation

noun. accommodation for travellers

noun. cabin; vacation residence

noun. accommodation for rent

1925, coined from motor- + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers.

I found a motel in a rather untravelled spot and sacked in for the night.

The car was going to take a dive into the fountain pool in front of my motel.

She says a lot of motel owners do all right as Justices of the Peace.

We got into the parking lot of a closed summer motel with a number of other travelers.

They were about fifty miles to the west of there in a motel.

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.

I put everything into the suitcase, and drove back to the motel.

I hadn't told him where the motel was, and I had at least enough caution left not to tell him, even then.

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.

A little more than halfway there, I saw a motel with a "Vacancy" sign out, and an attractive clean look about it.