Meanings
plural truck stops · alternative truckstop
- AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUSA roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.
Any teamster pulling into a truck stop today will almost surely be vastly outnumbered by nonunion drivers.
1996 December 18, Dirk Johnson, “Nostalgia Shaped Some Teamster Votes”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Jul 20121 more example
Nestled in the rolling hills of Lancaster County, the town of Gap is a sprawling collection of clapboard houses, strip malls and a truck stop named Touch O' Home.
2001 June 24, Nadya Labi, “Amiss Among The Amish”, in TimeSynonyms: transport café
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 汽車停靠點 /汽车停靠点, 卡車服務站 /卡车服务站
- 汽車停靠點 /汽车停靠点 (qìchē tíngkàodiǎn)roadside service area
- 卡車服務站 /卡车服务站 (kǎchē fúwùzhàn)roadside service area
Finnish rekkaparkki
- rekkaparkkiroadside service area
French aire de repos
- aire de reposroadside service area
German Lkw-Raststätte, Fernfahrerraststätte
- Lkw-Raststätteroadside service area
- Fernfahrerraststätteroadside service area
Polish zajazd dla kierowców
- zajazd dla kierowcówroadside service area
Swedish lastbilstopp, långtradarfik
- lastbilstopproadside service area
- långtradarfikroadside service area
- långtradarkaféroadside service area
Cite this entry
truck stop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truck%20stop
“truck stop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truck%20stop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “truck stop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truck%20stop.
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