Stopover

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  • noun. An interruption in the course of a journey for stopping or visiting at a certain place.
  • noun. A place visited briefly in the course of a journey.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See to stop off or over, under stop, intransitive verb
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Permitting one to stop over. See To stop over, under stop, v. i.
  • noun. the act or privilege of stopping over; stopping at a station or airport beyond the time of the departure of the train or airplane on which one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on a subsequent train or airplane; the temporary interruption of one's journey.
  • noun. a brief visit.
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  • noun. A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
  • noun. Alternative spelling of stop-over.
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  • verb. interrupt a trip
  • verb. interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
  • noun. a stopping place on a journey
  • noun. a brief stay in the course of a journey
    • Word Usage
    "New Tampa Bay GM Steve Yzerman didn't snip his career-long Detroit ties for a short-term stopover, and new Lightning coach Guy Boucher -- who worked with BriseBois with the Bulldogs last season -- isn't going to step into his first NHL coaching job with anything but unbridled commitment."
    Equivalent
    stop-over  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stop  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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    variant
    stop  
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