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[ stop-oh-ver ] / ˈstɒpˌoʊ vər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stopover ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends. such a stop made with the privilege of proceeding later on the ticket originally issued. Origin of stopoverFirst recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase stop over Words nearby stopoverstop-loss clause, stop motion, stop-off, stop order, stop-out, stopover, stoppable, stoppage, stoppage time, Stoppard, Stoppard, Tom Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stopoverWhat was once just a stopover point quickly became a destination in its own right. The Lost Libraries of the Sahara|Nina Strochlic|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST After a stopover in Paris—she briefly worked as a subway busker, singing in Arabic for tips—Grout returned to Morocco. Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’|Michael Pizzi|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST The cluster of 770 islands lying 300 miles off South America once served as a stopover for whale and seal hunters. The Falklands, Always Contested, Inspire Fresh English-Argentine Squabble|Mac Margolis|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST Does your holiday travel include a stopover at an airport from hell? Airports From Hell, 2010|The Daily Beast|November 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Obama hugged Giannoulias at the president's stopover in Quincy, Illinois Wednesday. Obama's Awkward Homecoming|Richard Wolffe, Samuel P. Jacobs|April 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST Almost all towns have stopover books nowadays, and a good thing, too. Stopover at Sanger may be obtained without extra charge; stage fare to Park, round trip, $8.00. Your National Parks|Enos A. Mills Her stopover seemed quite extended already, for a casual visit in the course of a routine patrol cruise. Industrial Revolution|Poul William Anderson She had learned that the tickets permitted a stopover in Vienna. The Slim Princess|George Ade We are bound for San Francisco, with a stopover at Nagasaki. At the Fall of Port Arthur|Edward Stratemeyer
British Dictionary definitions for stopover
nouna stopping place on a journey verb stop over(intr, adverb) to make a stopover Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stopoverdelay, pause, stop, halt, breather |