rest stop

[ rest stop ]

noun

1. a stop made, as during a ride or trip in an automobile, so that one may get refreshments, use a restroom, etc.
2. a rest area, as a roadside parking or picnic area.

rest stop

noun

1. the US name for lay-by

Word History and Origins

Origin of rest stop¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

I wasn’t looking for good times or a rest stop, though, when I pulled into a Walmart minutes away from the border around 5 p.m. after leaving the mining town of Clifton that morning.

From Los Angeles Times

He had a New Jersey highway rest stop named after him after endorsing successful GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Todd Whitman.

From Los Angeles Times

The event will take about two hours, walking at a leisurely pace and with time built in for rest stops.

From Los Angeles Times

Footage from the area showed a filling station and rest stop almost completely destroyed, with twisted metal littered over damaged vehicles.

From BBC

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli police say a man was stabbed and critically wounded in a militant attack at a highway rest stop in southern Israel on Thursday.

From Seattle Times