Definition of "stop-over" []

• A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption. (noun)
• Alternative spelling of stopover. (noun)

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• "Kokolulu is a glorious stop-over for patients like myself -- a peaceful setting with an emphasis on healing and empowerment and a respite from the complicated medical arena imposed on cancer patients."
• "And we need to be able to do that over a career, not for a two year stop-over before law school, and not just for a few years until we have our own children and can't work 70-80 hours a week."
• "A five weeks 'stop-over between steamers, he decided, would satisfy the call of the primitive he felt thrumming the strings of his being."