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
Recent Examples on the Web
Many archeologists have theorized that the island, served as a sort of way station for travelers en route to destinations further south and east, like Australia.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2024
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.
—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
His father, the research chief in a chemical factory, was seized and interned at a way station before deportation to an extermination camp, but he was then released under mysterious circumstances.
—Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2024
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.
—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
His father, the research chief in a chemical factory, was seized and interned at a way station before deportation to an extermination camp, but he was then released under mysterious circumstances.
—Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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 8 Jun. 2024.
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