LAYOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does layover mean? 

• LAYOVER (noun)
  The noun LAYOVER has 1 sense:

1. a brief stay in the course of a journey

  Familiarity information: LAYOVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAYOVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief stay in the course of a journey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

layover; stop; stopover

Context example:

they made a stopover to visit their friends

Hypernyms ("layover" is a kind of...):

stay (continuing or remaining in a place or state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "layover"):

night-stop (a break in a journey for the night)

pit stop (a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car)

pit stop (a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment)

stand (a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance)

Derivation:

lay over (interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight)