Motel - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |məʊˈtel|  American pronunciation of the word motel
Brit.  |məʊˈtel|  British pronunciation of the word motel

noun

- a motor hotel

Extra examples

The motel is comfortable but pretty basic: you get the necessities all right, but no luxuries.

He closes the trunk and heads into the motel.

...I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there....

...a cheap motel completely bereft of all amenities...

He's been staying in a dingy motel.

...the dowdy, beat-up furniture at the cheap motel...

...inelegant furniture that looked like it belonged in a budget motel...

We spent the first two nights of our vacation in a cheap motel.

There's a motel a mile or so down the road (=about a mile or possibly a little more).

The motel was off the main thoroughfare.

...word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel...

'motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining 'motor' and 'hotel'

"hotel or motel"

Word forms

noun
singular: motel
plural: motels
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