way station
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈweɪ ˈsteɪʃən/
:
estación de paso
- For the Vietnam veteran, the campus was a way station, a bridge to the civilian economy.
- serves as a way station
Examples
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And they want to use the zoo as a way station.
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In the years after World War II, devout Muslims would assemble at this way station before embarking on a steamship to make the yearly pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Academic text (2004) -
This is a way station.
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When is he due to arrive at this way station?
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There was a way station carved out of and built in the rock of the mountain.
Blog text (14) -
At some indiscernible point, the nursing home became a way station or destination for people with an enormous range of needs and characteristics.
Academic text (1995) -
While many of these immigrants later settled elsewhere, the kibbutz served as a way station for their integration into the nascent society.
Academic text (1996) -
Isolation, a chief advantage at inception, eroded quickly when gold was discovered in California and the city became a way station for westward-bound travelers.
Academic text (1997) -
PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Adkins Mill Pond in Powellville, Maryland, is a favorite way station for bicyclists and tourists.
Academic text (1998) -
Half Moon Bay is an ideal way station on the road to the Monterey Peninsula.
Synonyms
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2.0
A building with staff and equipment for a public service, like where trains stop or firefighters work
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1.0
A place where trains stop for people and goods to get on and off
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1.0
A place where buses stop and people wait to get on or off
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1.8
A place beside a road where people stop to rest, use toilets, or buy food
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1.3
A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off people and goods
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1.5
A place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people and goods
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7.4
A very small train station where trains pause only when someone signals
A small train station where trains stop only if someone signals them
A marked place where buses or trains stop to pick up and drop off passengers
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small station or stopping place along a route' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'way' (a route) with 'station' (a transport building). This straightforward noun–noun composition and similar constructions in other languages make the phrase immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Way station comes from a simple picture: a station on the way where travellers or vehicles stop for a short time. So it means 'a small stopping place on a route'.