truck stop

noun

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

Examples of truck stop in a Sentence

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On May 2, 2022, the group was allegedly at it again and drove to a truck stop in Fontana to target a semi truck. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 June 2025 In another instance, in May 2022, prosecutors allege that the suspects tried but failed to steal from a different vehicle at a truck stop in Fontana. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 June 2025 When the driver pulled into a truck stop in the remote town of Lebec, about 80 miles north of Los Angeles, the burglars struck, allegedly stealing 24 bags containing the jewelry. Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 18 June 2025 Those two tractor-trailer-ready diesel fueling stations make this gas station count as a truck stop under Aurora city ordinances, but the facility isn’t planned to have any of the typical amenities of a truck stop like showers or even places to park tractor trailers. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 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 8 Jul. 2025.

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