(also attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.

(informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

plural of motel

simple past tense and past participle of motel

present participle of motel

simple past tense and past participle of motel

present participle of motel

plural of roach motel

(derogatory) A low-priced motel in a state of disrepair.

(slang) A love hotel; a motel where brief sexual encounters are sanctioned.