transport café

English - English

Definition of transport café in English English dictionary

A roadside eating establishment used especially by lorry-drivers; a truck stop

Related Terms

transport cafe

a cheap restaurant beside a main road, used mainly by truck drivers

Hyphenation

trans·port café

Turkish pronunciation

tränspôrt käfey

Pronunciation

/transˈpôrt kaˈfā/ /trænsˈpɔːrt kæˈfeɪ/

Etymology

[ tran(t)s-'pOrt, -'port, 'tran( ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French transporter, from Latin transportare, from trans- + portare to carry; more at FARE.