rest stop
Americannoun
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a stop made, as during a ride or trip in an automobile, so that one may get refreshments, use a restroom, etc.
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a rest area, as a roadside parking or picnic area.
noun
Etymology
Origin of rest stop
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Only Nighthand sounded untroubled: “That seems an eccentric place for a rest stop.”
From Literature
But gas stations are everywhere—to say nothing of restaurants, hotels and rest stops.
On past bike tours, we often cut discussions short with strangers who approached us at rest stops.
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
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