motel

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An establishment that provides lodging for motorists in rooms usually having direct access to an open parking area.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun lodging establishment typically featuring a series of rooms whose entrance is immediately adjacent to a parking lot, as might facilitate easy access to one's automobile during an overnight stay, particularly located near a major highway
• noun Of or relating to a motel.
• noun Of architecture, interior design, etc, in the style of a motel; identical and anonymous.
• adjective any of several architectural or interior design styles associated with motels, such as "identicalness", "anonymity", or any other perceived attribute of motels, particularly as differentiated from hotels.
• adjective characterized by an anonymous, temporary nature, as motel sex.
• adjective property owned by a motel, as "motel towel", "motel ashtray", possibly imprinted or embroidered with the name of the establishment, frequently appropriated by tourists as a souvenir.

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• noun a motor hotel