Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

way station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables
way s-ta-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.

noun

A service area or temporary lodging used during a longer journey.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

way stations (plural) way-station (alternative) waystation (alternative)

Synonyms

stopover whistle-stop staging post whistle stop flag stop

Homonyms

weigh station

Questions

What does way station mean?
A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.

How to pronounce way station

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