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LAYOVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief stay in the course of a journey

Example:

they made a stopover to visit their friends

Synonyms:

layover; stop; stopover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("layover" is a kind of...):

stay (continuing or remaining in a place or state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "layover"):

night-stop (a break in a journey for the night)

pit stop (a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car)

pit stop (a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment)

stand (a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance)

Derivation:

lay over (interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight)

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