checkpoint

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance

From check + point.

Finally as we cleared the last security checkpoint, I turned to him. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
[C4-420] McWatters was sure that he left the checkpoint on time and he estimated that it took him 3 to 4 minutes to drive three blocks west from the checkpoint to Field Street, which he reached at about 12:40 p.m.[C4-421] McWatters’ recollection is that he issued this transfer to a man who entered his bus just beyond Field Street, where a man beat on the front door of the bus, boarded it and paid his fare. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission

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