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for stopover
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Stopover \Stop"o`ver\, Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, a.
Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket.
See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.
[1913 Webster] Stopover
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Stopover \Stop"o`ver\, Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, n.
1. 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. +PJC]
2. a brief visit.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
stopover
n 1: a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to
change planes in Chicago" [syn: stopover, way station]
2: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a
stopover to visit their friends" [syn: stop, stopover,
layover]
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