: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Keller purchased that property last year to keep a developer from putting a motel next to Basswood Elementary.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s a smattering of hotels, inns, and motels in the area, but rental houses—either plopped directly on the shore or located within easy walking distance of one of more than 40 public beach-access points—are the primary draw.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
As far as anyone knows, she was last seen on March 26, 2022, outside a motel in Toppenish, Wash., not far from the Yakama Nation reservation.
—Nick McMillan, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
The commercial begins with the musician arriving in a bright red pickup truck at a rest stop that features a gas station, motel and diner.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
There’s a smattering of hotels, inns, and motels in the area, but rental houses—either plopped directly on the shore or located within easy walking distance of one of more than 40 public beach-access points—are the primary draw.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
As far as anyone knows, she was last seen on March 26, 2022, outside a motel in Toppenish, Wash., not far from the Yakama Nation reservation.
—Nick McMillan, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
The commercial begins with the musician arriving in a bright red pickup truck at a rest stop that features a gas station, motel and diner.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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