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waystation

waystation is the alternative spelling of way station.

Meaning of way station

Noun

way station (plural way stations)

  1. A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
  2. (figuratively) A service area or temporary lodging used during a longer journey.
    • At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201

Forms of waystation

pluralwaystations

Questions about waystation

What is waystation the alternative spelling of?
Waystation is the alternative spelling of way station.

Words near waystation in the dictionary

  1. waysider
  2. waysiders
  3. waysides
  4. waystage
  5. waystages
  6. waystation
  7. waystations
  8. Wayt
  9. wayte
  10. waythorn
  11. Wayts

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