way station
noun
1
: a station set between principal stations on a line of travel (such as a railroad)
2
: an intermediate stopping place
Examples of way station in a Sentence
a way station for truck drivers
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Located a few miles offshore, the floating platform is a way station for aid as it's unloaded off cargo ships onto trucks that are then carried aboard small vessels that will take them to the causeway, which is attached to land.
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 16 May 2024
The person, and the conversation with then, is a beautiful way station on your route.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 16 May 2024
The person, and the conversation with then, is a beautiful way station on your route.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
See all Example Sentences for way station
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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/way%20station. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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