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motel

/moʊˈtɛl/

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What does motel mean?

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; a love hotel.

verb

  1. (informal) To stay in a motel or motels.
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IPA pronunciation

/moʊˈtɛl/

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