layover en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈleɪˌəʊvə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From lay + over.
Meanings
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(Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US) A break between stages of a journey.
We had a layover while waiting to change planes, so we stretched our legs.
Waddicor will be here for a while. The double shunts take an hour. But it's a scheduled four-hour reload and layover, ahead of his return train back to Didcot.
2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 35:We could restore a second platform at Battersby to eliminate the long layover in the branch stub that is currently required for trains to pass one another.
2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 78:Near-synonyms: stopover, stayover (both sometimes synonymous)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| layovers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
stopover · lie-over · stayover
Translations (25)
fr escale (break between stages of a journey) · id singgah (break between stages of a journey) · acw ترانزيت (break between stages of a journey) · fi välilasku (break between stages of a journey) · afb ترانزيت (break between stages of a journey) · sv uppehåll (break between stages of a journey) · ja 待ち合わせ (break between stages of a journey) · de Aufenthalt (break between stages of a journey) · bg престой (break between stages of a journey) · pt escala (break between stages of a journey) · cmn 臨時滯留 /临时滞留 (break between stages of a journey) · hu pihenő (break between stages of a journey) · et ümberistumine (break between stages of a journey) · hu várakozás (break between stages of a journey) · es escala (break between stages of a journey) · bg спиране (break between stages of a journey) · es transbordo (break between stages of a journey) · it scalo (break between stages of a journey) · es parada en el camino (break between stages of a journey) · da mellemlanding (break between stages of a journey) · sv mellanlandning (break between stages of a journey) · nl tussenstop (break between stages of a journey) · te మజిలీ (break between stages of a journey) · sl postanek (break between stages of a journey) · ru остано́вка (break between stages of a journey)