truck stop
noun
: a facility especially for truckers that is usually by a highway and that includes a diner, fuel pumps, and a garage
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Then there is the case of the heist earlier this month at the Flying J truck stop along Interstate 5 in the Grapevine. 
Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 Clyde’s, starring Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones and set at a truck stop sandwich shop, is a story about creativity. Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 9 June 2022 An empty Arby's in a Love's truck stop is probably not the best place to record a podcast or have a virtual staff meeting. Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022 In 2003, 19 people died after they were abandoned in a trailer at a truck stop in Victoria, Texas. Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 In 2003, 19 migrants died after they were abandoned in a trailer at a truck stop south of San Antonio. Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022 Law enforcement, including Connecticut State Police, tracked the UConn student through Uber rides, car thefts and surveillance footage from New Jersey into Pennsylvania and eventually to another truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland, records show. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022 Two minutes later, Mills police officers arrived to the area and saw the gold Dodge Ram and a man inside with a female passenger parked on the west side of the truck stop. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 9 June 2022 The truck stop opened in 1964, a brainchild of businessman Bill Moon, who foresaw the value of its location after the interstate route was established during the Eisenhower years. Lan Samantha Chang, WSJ, 3 June 2022 See More
Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 Clyde’s, starring Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones and set at a truck stop sandwich shop, is a story about creativity. Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 9 June 2022 An empty Arby's in a Love's truck stop is probably not the best place to record a podcast or have a virtual staff meeting. Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022 In 2003, 19 people died after they were abandoned in a trailer at a truck stop in Victoria, Texas. Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 In 2003, 19 migrants died after they were abandoned in a trailer at a truck stop south of San Antonio. Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022 Law enforcement, including Connecticut State Police, tracked the UConn student through Uber rides, car thefts and surveillance footage from New Jersey into Pennsylvania and eventually to another truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland, records show. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022 Two minutes later, Mills police officers arrived to the area and saw the gold Dodge Ram and a man inside with a female passenger parked on the west side of the truck stop. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 9 June 2022 The truck stop opened in 1964, a brainchild of businessman Bill Moon, who foresaw the value of its location after the interstate route was established during the Eisenhower years. Lan Samantha Chang, WSJ, 3 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1951, in the meaning defined above