Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A station between principal stations on a route, as of a railroad.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A station intermediate between principal stations on a railroad.
Wiktionary
- n. A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
- n. figuratively A service area or temporary lodging used during a longer journey.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a stopping place on a journey
- n. a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
Examples
“Still, since their mauntery served as a way station for those who acted upon the stage of the world, the good sisters considered themselves at least as broad-minded as any other cloistered soul.”
“But Kirk preferred to think of the Graveyard of Lost Ships as a way station en route to their real destination—the Enterprise.”
“Besides, the Portuguese favored Réunion over Mauritius as a way station in the Mascarenes, yet Réunion didn’t end up cursed with a permanent infestation of monkeys.”
“MAURITIUS WAS a way station for another notable voyage, made by one Abel Tasman in 1642.”
“It was a large building, evidently a way station between Plasencia and Talavera, and behind it was a courtyard with big cypress trees beneath which were tables and benches.”
“They ran a small lodge, a way station really, up the Alta Madre de Dios, catering to the occasional parties of tourists and scientists and photographers who came to gaze with snooty self-importance at the jungle.”
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