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
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That meant one less way station, but the community member still ended up detained. E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 13 June 2025 Detectives also confirmed the missing man’s vehicle traveled through a way station on I-80 on June 21, at 3:21 p.m., local time. David Chiu, People.com, 3 July 2025 East and west traffic In the meantime, Cyprus has become a major eastbound-westbound way station for travelers headed in both directions as a number of Israelis are trying to return to their homeland from abroad as missiles fly and airport use for civilian purposes is severely restricted. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025 Syria under Assad used to be one of Tehran’s most important pieces on the Middle East chessboard, a country that provided Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with a way station to send weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for way station

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of way station was in 1840

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“Way station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/way%20station. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

way station

noun
: a station or stopping place along a line of travel (as a railroad line)
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