truck stop

noun

: a facility especially for truckers that is usually by a highway and that includes a diner, fuel pumps, and a garage

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Late that night, in an emotional moment, he was reunited with his teammates at a truck stop on the way to the rest day in Toulouse. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025 However, Dixon became too sick the day of her appointment and had to call 911 at a truck stop. Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025 Where will the Harry Potter Butterbeer truck stop in Tennessee? Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Love's Love's began as a single truck stop in Oklahoma and has grown to over 600 locations nationwide. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for truck stop

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of truck stop was circa 1951

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“Truck stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck%20stop. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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