motor lodge

noun

: motel

Examples of motor lodge in a Sentence

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Campfire Hotel If a group trip is in your future, the Campfire Hotel—pool club by day, chic hotel by night—channels retro motor lodge vibes in the best way. Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025 Where To Stay: The Springs Resort, Motel SOCO retro motor lodge. Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 In keeping with the old motor lodge theme, there’s no reception at the Green Room. Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025 If a lodging’s guest rooms open directly to the outdoors and there’s a parking lot handy, industry experts say, it probably was born as a motel or motor lodge. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for motor lodge

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motor lodge was in 1926

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“Motor lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20lodge. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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