pull-off

1. 1.

   designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily

   Synonymsrest arearest stoplaybylay-by

   Broaderarea

Questions about pull-off

What does pull-off mean?

pull-off means "designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily".

How many syllables are in pull-off?

pull-off has 2 syllables: pul-l-off. The stress falls on "pul".

What is another word for pull-off?

Close synonyms include rest area, rest stop, layby, lay-by. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pull-off a common word?

pull-off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.