rest stop

[rest stop]

noun

1. a stop made, as during a ride or trip in an automobile, so that one may get refreshments, use a restroom, etc.

2. a rest area, as a roadside parking or picnic area.

rest stop

noun

1. the US name for lay-by

Word History and Origins

Origin of rest stop¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

On past bike tours, we often cut discussions short with strangers who approached us at rest stops.

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"Reacher" can be interpreted as a far-right fever dream of America—a land of gorgeous vistas and open roads, with a heartless criminal lurking at rest stops—or as a product of the same.

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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.

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He had a New Jersey highway rest stop named after him after endorsing successful GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Todd Whitman.

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The event will take about two hours, walking at a leisurely pace and with time built in for rest stops.

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