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stop-over

stop-over is the alternative spelling of stopover.

Meaning of stopover

Noun

stopover (plural stopovers)

  1. A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
    • Near-synonyms: stayover, layover, lie-over (all sometimes synonymous)

Forms of stop-over

pluralstop-overs

Origin of stop-over

Deverbal from stop over.

Questions about stop-over

What is stop-over the alternative spelling of?
Stop-over is the alternative spelling of stopover.

Words near stop-over in the dictionary

  1. stop-loss orders
  2. stop-losses
  3. stop-motion
  4. stop-motions
  5. stop-off
  6. stop-over
  7. stop-overs
  8. stop-phrase
  9. stop-phrases
  10. stop-start
  11. stop-tap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stop-over (page history and authors); stopover (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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