[ US /ˈstɑˌpoʊvɝ/ ]
[ UK /stˈɒpə‍ʊvɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a brief stay in the course of a journey
    they made a stopover to visit their friends
  2. a stopping place on a journey
    there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago
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How To Use stopover In A Sentence

  • Originally built as a stopover for German adventurers on their way to the North Pole, the huge family-run log cabin stands on the banks of the River Muonio.
  • The new route, which includes a brief stopover in Hong Kong, will leave twice daily every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
  • I booked the cruise in June last year, and the confirmation clearly includes the hotel stopover. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Cape then was a regular stopover for trading vessels plying the Europe-East Indies route.
  • You should consider breaking the journey with intermediate stopovers at airport hotels.
  • Later, the islands were used as a smuggling stopover for arms in the civil war and for bootleg alcohol during Prohibition.
  • They can also arrange car hire and tailor-make itineraries, including stopovers at various US cities.
  • The park is a significant breeding site for harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus, blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata, common tern Sterna hirundo, and arctic tern S. paridisaea, a nesting site for bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephala, rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus and American tree sparrow Spizella arborea, and a stopover for migrating shore birds. Gros Morne National Park, Canada
  • The woman left the flight at its stopover in Singapore. The Sun
  • We had our tickets checked at each stopover.
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