truck stop

noun

: a facility especially for truckers that is usually by a highway and that includes a diner, fuel pumps, and a garage

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Later that day, Franklin police encountered Ray at a truck stop after receiving a report of a suspicious person, Franklin police have said. — Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, June 24, Parton attended the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of her own truck stop, Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Aug. 2026 Her last public appearance was at the end of June, for the grand opening of a Tennessee truck stop newly named in her honor. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 At the end of June, Parton made another public appearance to commemorate the opening of Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop, a new travel center and truck stop in Cornersville, Tennessee. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for truck stop

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1951, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of truck stop was circa 1951

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“Truck stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck%20stop. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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