What does checkpoint mean?

n. A place where guards or officials stop people to check their identity, vehicles, or goods, especially at a border.

checkpoint

🇺🇸 /ˈtʃekpɔɪnt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtʃekpɔɪnt/

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A place where guards or officials stop people to check their identity, vehicles, or goods, especially at a border.

We had to stop at the checkpoint to show our passports and have our car searched.

A place where guards or officials stop people to check their identity, vehicles, or goods, especially at a border.

Plural checkpoints