Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US)A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.

    Lkw-Raststätte, Fernfahrerraststätte

    a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers

Examples

14 sentences
  1. The truck ran a stop sign.

    deDer Lkw missachtete ein Stoppschild. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. There's a truck stop about three miles north of here.

    deCa. 2 km weiter nördlich ist eine Raststätte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I'm at a truck stop.

  4. The truck stopped and turned off.

  5. The truck driver stopped at a rest area.

    deDer Lkw-Fahrer hielt auf einem Rastplatz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
roadside service area:

Origin

Blend of truck + pit stop.

Blend of truck + pit stop.

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Forms

plural: truck stops

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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