motel
noun/məʊˈtel/
/məʊˈtel/
(also motor inn, motor lodge (especially in North American English))
- a hotel for people who are travelling by car, with space for parking cars near the rooms
- Harry was lying on his bed in his motel room.
- We checked into a motel in Santa Barbara.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc1, Holidaysc1- We spent a night at a motel on the way.
- 640 miles later we arrived at a motel in Germany.
- She was arrested in a Los Angeles motel room.
- There are plenty of cheap roadside motels just outside town.
- They pulled into the motel parking lot.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cheap
- seedy
- small
- …
- check into
- check out of
- stay at
- …
- room
- owner
- at a/the motel
- in a/the motel
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