stopover

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a brief stay in the course of a journey

   they made a stopover to visit their friends

2. 2
   noun

   a stopping place on a journey

   there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago

3. 3
   noun

   A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.

   Near-synonyms: stayover, layover, lie-over (all sometimes synonymous)

Etymology

Deverbal from stop over.