noun
a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers
• Hypernyms: ↑service station
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a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
[1960-65]
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truck stop noun (N American)
A transport café
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Main Entry: ↑truck
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an area with a restaurant beside a major road where truck drivers can stop and have a meal, buy petrol, or have their vehicle repaired
Thesaurus: restaurants and cafeshyponym parts of roads and road systemsmeronym in restaurants and cafeshyponym
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truck stop,
a roadside facility with parking, restaurants, gas station, and other services for truckers.
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n. a large roadside service station and restaurant for truck drivers on interstate highways
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noun, pl ⋯ stops [count]
US : a restaurant that is near a highway and that is used especially by truck drivers — called also (Brit) transport café
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a place at the side of a main road where lorry/truck drivers can stop for a time and can rest, get sth to eat, etc.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.