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stopover

Noun, Verb (usu participle)

stop=o=ver

WORDNET DICTIONARY

stopover(n = noun.location) way station - a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago"

is a kind of stop

stopover(n = noun.act) layover, stop - a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

is a kind of stay

has particulars: night-stop, pit stop, pit stop, stand

Derived form verb stop over₁

stopover, a.

Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i. [1913 Webster]

stopover, n.

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
a brief visit. [PJC]

stopover, n. = STOPOFF.

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