lodging vs motel

lodging

noun
  • A place to live or lodge. 

  • Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation. 

  • The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant. 

  • Sleeping accommodation. 

motel

noun
  • 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. 

  • A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel. 

verb
  • To stay in a motel or motels. 

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