From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Tourismmotelmo‧tel /məʊˈtel $ moʊ-/●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる noun [countable]DLTa hotel for people who are travelling by car, where you can park your car outside your room► see thesaurus at hotelExamples from the Corpusmotel• Participantscamp under the stars, except for one night in a motel.• My grandparentsstayed at a nearbymotel and visited daily, along with my father.• Others stay in a nearby motel.• To my amazement, although the motel is fulljudging by the amount of cars, there are no residents on view.• He drops me off downwind of the motel.• I walk along the side of the motelscratching myself on the pebbledash, for carelessness.• They brought them back to the motel.• I have nothing to do with the motel.Originmotel(1900-2000)motor + hotel