mo·tel

[moh-tel]
noun
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.

Origin:
1920–25; blend of motor and hotel

hostel, hotel, motel (see synonym study at hotel).
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motel (məʊˈtɛl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a roadside hotel for motorists, usually having direct access from each room or chalet to a parking space or garage
 
[C20: from motor + hotel]

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Word Origin & History

motel
1925, coined from motor + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers.
"The Milestone Interstate Corporation ... proposes to build and operate a chain of motor hotels between San Diego and Seattle, the hotels to have the name 'Motel.' " ["Hotel Monthly," March 1925]
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Example sentences
The motel features one- or two-bed rooms with microwaves, telephones and air
  conditioning.
And when she opened her eyes again, there was the motel.
The windows in the motel shook and the water in the pool rippled.
Genevieve has a motel and variety of bed-and-breakfast inns, restaurants and
  wineries.
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