truck stop

American  

noun

1. a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of truck stop

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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truck stop

“We would like to operate everything at the exit, the hotels, the casinos, the truck stop, the stores, pretty much from farm to table,” Roach told the Review-Journal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Located just outside Abadiânia, an agricultural town about 60 miles from Brasília, Route 60 is family diner, truck stop and country store rolled into one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

That brings me to the truck stop in Nevada.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024

Instead, the state could compulsory purchase a London hotel and give MPs a room there - a truck stop for parliamentarians, if you will.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024

Ma and Daddy met at a truck stop outside Atlanta where Ma was flipping pancakes.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson