∙ A 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.
∙ Of architecture, interior design, etc, in the style of a motel; identical and anonymous. as a modifier; used attributively
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.
∙ Characterized by an anonymous, temporary nature, as motel sex.
∙ 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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