motor inn

noun

Synonyms of motor innnext
: motel
especially : a large multistory motel

called also motor hotel

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Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car. — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024 And there’s no better way to do so than visiting some of California’s classic motor inns. — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 May 2023 Penny Lane The Lark Hotel Group has taken over a former motor inn that had seen better days. — Nancy Kane, Curbed, 25 June 2026 It’s partly set in 1955 in a fictional Southwest town, a lonely four corners with a diner, gas station and motor inn. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for motor inn

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First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of motor inn was in 1951

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