noun
layover
LAY-oh-vuh
noun
1
A short stop or rest between stages of a journey, especially a flight.
"They had a six-hour layover in Amsterdam."
"A short layover meant they had to sprint to catch the connecting flight."
How to Use Layover
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA break in travel between one leg of a trip and the next.
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Word Forms
layovers plural
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Etymology
From "lay" plus "over."