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What (who) is way station - definition
1963 NOVEL BY CLIFFORD D. SIMAK
Here Gather the Stars
way station
POINT WHERE A VEHICLE STOPS, WITH PASSENGERS POSSIBLY CHANGING VEHICLE
Lay over; Waystation; Way station; Way Station; Way-station; Waystations; Stopover; Break of journey; Layover bay; Stop over
(way stations)
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A way station is a place where people stop to eat and rest when they are on a long journey.
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A way station is a small station between two large stations on a railway. (AM)
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way station
POINT WHERE A VEHICLE STOPS, WITH PASSENGERS POSSIBLY CHANGING VEHICLE
Lay over; Waystation; Way station; Way Station; Way-station; Waystations; Stopover; Break of journey; Layover bay; Stop over
¦ noun N. Amer.
1. a waypoint on a journey.
2. a minor station on a railway.
Way Station (novel)
Way Station is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak, originally published as Here Gather the Stars in two parts in Galaxy Magazine in June and August 1963.
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Way Station (novel)
Way Station is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak, originally published as Here Gather the Stars in two parts in Galaxy Magazine in June and August 1963. Way Station won the 1964 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Examples of use of way station
1. The port is also a key way station for the world‘s largest cocaine industry.
2. Delisting the companies now, if IDB pulls it off, is merely a way–station.
3. The B–list is a way station, an obligation, on the road to the A–list.
4. But it can often be an inconclusive way station for the plaintiff, sometimes leading only to additional years of litigation.
5. For many children in migrant families, school is more like a way station than a final destination.