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way station
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As a noun, way station means a stopping place on a journey.
Meanings of way station
2 meaningsnoun
A stopping place on a journeylocation
“there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago”
Similar: stopoverA small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
Similar: whistle stop, flag stop
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: a stopping place on a journey
noun: a small railway station between the principal stations or…
whistle stopflag stop