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Meaning of way station | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
A service area or temporary lodging used during a longer journey.
figuratively

Examples

“At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

way thistle way to go way to run a railroad way to say hello on the telephone way too way way back