: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAccording to authorities, 36-year-old Misael Arevalo and 44-year-old Karla Garzona were killed after Williams opened fire on a white vehicle entering the motel parking lot around 8:30 pm. Jeremy Yurow, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2022 Authorities in Arizona released security video Friday showing a gunman in tactical gear fire dozens of rounds in a motel parking lot last month in a shooting spree that left two people dead and several injured, including two police officers. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022 The suspect then fled into the motel parking lot, where another shootout occurred. Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 15 June 2022 The incident began when a deputy on patrol saw Brodie and the kidnapped woman sleeping in the back seat of a car in the motel parking lot, the GBI said. Henri Hollis, ajc, 27 May 2022 During the manhunt, officers were tipped off the pair were in Evansville and spotted the Cadillac they were believed to have been using in the motel parking lot on May 9. Jenn Selva, CNN, 18 May 2022 The inmates were apprehended in Texas by the Houston Police Department around 2 a.m. Sunday, after investigators located the getaway car in a motel parking lot, the Red River Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 15 May 2022 Once the task force spotted Casey White and Vicky White leaving the motel parking lot, the pursuit began. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022 The agency said deputies found the wounded man just outside of a motel parking lot and he was shot by someone who wasn’t on the property. Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Dec. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
blend of motor and hotel
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
motel
noun
mo·tel mō-ˈtel
: a building or group of buildings for travelers to stay in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking area