layover

[ley-oh-ver]

noun

1. stopover.

Word History and Origins

Origin of layover¹

1870–75, noun use of verb phrase lay over

Example Sentences

She was more than happy to plot out a Sunday plan that doesn’t involve “a layover sitting in a coffee shop in the Phoenix airport.”

From Los Angeles Times

According to Kobayashi’s family, she landed at LAX on Nov. 8 and missed her connecting flight to New York City because of a short layover.

From Los Angeles Times

In fact the unexpected layover in Belfast cost the company millions of pounds.

From BBC

North America, to Point B, France, albeit with a comically strange layover culminating in what is a comic fanboy’s dream, or his biggest nightmare.

From Salon

The unexpected layover in Belfast has cost the company millions of pounds.

From BBC

Related Words

• hiatus 
• respite 
• stopover