[
US
/ˈstɑˌpoʊvɝ/
]
[ UK /stˈɒpəʊvɐ/ ]
[ UK /stˈɒpəʊvɐ/ ]
NOUN
-
a brief stay in the course of a journey
they made a stopover to visit their friends -
a stopping place on a journey
there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago
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.