service area
Word forms: plural service areas
countable noun
A service area is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal.
[British]regional note: in AM, use rest areaservice area in British English
noun
1.
a place on a motorway providing garage services, restaurants, toilet facilities, etc
2.
the area within which a satisfactory signal can be received from a given radio transmitter
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Examples of 'service area' in a sentenceservice area
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British English: service area /ˈsɜːvɪs ˈɛərɪə/ NOUN
A service area is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal.
- American English: rest area
- Arabic: مَحَطَةُ الـخِدْمَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: posto de serviços nas estradas
- Chinese: 服务区
- Croatian: područje posluživanja
- Czech: odpočívadlo dálniční
- Danish: serviceområde
- Dutch: wegrestaurant
- European Spanish: área de servicio
- Finnish: palvelualue
- French: aire autoroute
- German: Tankstelle und Raststätte
- Greek: σταθμός εξυπηρέτησης αυτοκινήτων
- Italian: area di servizio
- Japanese: サービスエリア
- Korean: 서비스 구역
- Norwegian: serviceområde
- Polish: stacja benzynowa przy autostradzie
- European Portuguese: área de serviço nas estradas
- Romanian: zonă de servicii
- Russian: зона обслуживания на автостраде
- Latin American Spanish: área de servicio
- Swedish: rastplats
- Thai: พื้นที่บริการ
- Turkish: konaklama alanı
- Ukrainian: станція обслуговування на шосе
- Vietnamese: trạm nghỉ gần đường cao tốc
Chinese translation of 'service area'
service area
(Brit)
n (c)
- (on motorway)
路边(邊)服务(務)区(區)
(lùbiān fúwùqū)