rest stop
Definition of rest stop
US
: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: repose, sleep
: a bodily state characterized by minimal functional and metabolic activities
: freedom from activity or labor
: to get rest by lying down
: sleep
: to lie dead
: a projection or attachment on the side of the breastplate of medieval armor for supporting the butt of a lance
: something that remains over : remainder
: to close by filling or obstructing
: to hinder or prevent the passage of
: to get in the way of : be wounded or killed by
: cessation, end
: a pause or breaking off in speech
: a graduated set of organ pipes of similar design and tone quality
: serving to stop : designed to stop
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