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1. A stopping place on a journey
   "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago";
   - way station
    
2. A brief stay in the course of a journey
   "they made a stopover to visit their friends";
   - stop, layover

1. Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
   "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil";
   - lay over
    
2. Interrupt a trip
   "we stopped over at Aunt Mary's house";
   - stop

Derived forms: stopovers, stopping over, stopped over, stops over

Type of: break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt, stay, stop

Encyclopedia: Stopover, Kentucky