checkpoint
noun/ˈtʃekpɔɪnt/
/ˈtʃekpɔɪnt/
- a place, especially on a border between two countries, where people have to stop so their vehicles and documents can be checked
- There are border guards at the checkpoint crossing.
- The soldier stopped the motorist at a roadside checkpoint.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2- The army has set up checkpoints on all the major roads in the area.
- The police waved our car through the border checkpoint.
- We were stopped at the checkpoint.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- border
- army
- military
- …
- set up
- man
- approach
- …
- at a/the checkpoint
- through a/the checkpoint
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