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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The rest stop duration may require a bit more time than gassing up, and that is an added safety factor on a road trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
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 ● Oct. 16, 2024
But in recent months, I have noticed that what appeared to be peak Daily Me was perhaps just a rest stop on the way to the actual summit of Me Mountain.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2024
Three-quarters of the way to Camp One, Hall remarked at a rest stop that the Icefall was in better shape than he’d ever seen it: “The route’s a bloody freeway this season.”
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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