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layover

layover

20 3.1
A short stay in a city between flights, often in an airport
  • noun
  • /ˈleɪˌoʊvər/
  • US
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  • Our flight from New York to London includes a three-hour layover in Boston.

Hey baby, Hawaii sounds fun, but what about a three hour layover in Istanbul and then Estonia?

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Examples

  • So we flew into Honolulu and now we have like an hour layover and then we fly to Maui.

  • I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas.

    Blog text (9)

  • Actually, we have like a six hour layover there or maybe longer.

  • Here are just a few things that can help make your long layover a little bit easier.

    Blog text (22)

  • Hopefully, this is a better layover than the last one.

    Plane (2023)

  • OK, so I was leaving LA one time and we had a layover in Utah.

  • Two weeks ago, I was on a layover in Paris en route to Genova.

    Blog text (19)

  • We travel for most of the day with a three-hour layover in North Carolina.

    Blog text (26)

  • On this trip, we had a 24-hour layover in Atlanta and went out to see the city.

    Blog text (3)

  • Aeroflot can get you to Delhi, but you have to put up with a long layover in Moscow.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

stop
vslayover
310 1.0

An act when something ends or pauses

is a short scheduled stay between flights rather than a simple pause
stopover
vslayover
11 3.2

A short stay between parts of a journey, often during travel

is a short stay during air travel rather than long distance journeys

Antonyms

nonstop
4 2.1

A flight that goes from one place to another without stopping

How Long

stopover
11 3.2
layover
  • US
20 3.1
stop
556 1.0

Surface Forms

layover singular
layovers plural

Morphology

layover = lay (transparent) = over + lay

The noun is directly formed from the phrasal verb 'lay over' meaning a temporary stay, so learners who know the phrasal verb can readily infer the noun's meaning. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Layover comes from the phrase lay over, where lay means 'to rest' or 'put down' and over means 'for a time'. So a layover is a short rest or stay during a journey, especially when you change planes.