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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is checkpoint a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, checkpoint is tagged as noun.
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