stopover

[ stop-oh-ver ]

noun

1. a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
2. such a stop made with the privilege of proceeding later on the ticket originally issued.

stopover

/ ˈstɒpˌəʊvə /

noun

1. a stopping place on a journey

verb

1. intr, adverb to make a stopover

Word History and Origins

Origin of stopover¹

First recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase stop over

Example Sentences

Either way, the station is likely to play an important role for future missions, as a stopover for astronauts headed for the lunar surface and eventually as a staging post for journeys to Mars.

From Singularity Hub 

The refugee centers are nothing more than a stopover point for those fleeing the war.

From Washington Blade

Silver State Stopover at Great Basin National Park In the Great Basin National Heritage Area, you’ll find Nevada’s only national park and surprising history.

From Outside Online

Javier compared the feeling to a vacation years ago when he and Sylvia had a stopover in Turkey.

From Time

Bright orange mesas and volcanic cliffs line this 132-mile scenic byway, which is chock-full of Native history at must-see stopovers like Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Bandelier National Monument.

From Outside Online

What was once just a stopover point quickly became a destination in its own right.

From The Daily Beast

After a stopover in Paris—she briefly worked as a subway busker, singing in Arabic for tips—Grout returned to Morocco.

From The Daily Beast

One can travel between almost any two airports in America with, at worst, a single stopover.

From The Daily Beast

The cluster of 770 islands lying 300 miles off South America once served as a stopover for whale and seal hunters.

From The Daily Beast

McCain staffers at the time also said she had visited Ireland, but that was a re-fueling stopover.

From The Daily Beast

Her stopover seemed quite extended already, for a casual visit in the course of a routine patrol cruise.

From Project Gutenberg

We can't risk losing that stopover contract on account of some mech joke.

From Project Gutenberg

They turn the pages of the big stopover book, hoping a relative or friend had passed through the same town.

From Project Gutenberg

A ten-day stay in Hawaii, flying both ways, with a ten-hour stopover in Los Angeles on the way back.

From Project Gutenberg

We had a day-long stopover at Sirius Eighteen, and I took a tour of the planet.

From Project Gutenberg