service area

Meanings

nounservice area (plural service areas)

A place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, etc.
The sign says that the next service area is 12 miles on.
Synonyms: service center

nounA place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, etc.

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Catalan àrea de servei

àrea de serveia place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Chinese Mandarin 服務區 /服务区

服務區 /服务区 (fúwùqū)a place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Finnish huoltoasema

huoltoasemaa place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

French aire de services, aire

aire de servicesa place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on
airea place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

German Autobahnraststätte, Autobahnrastanlage

Autobahnraststättea place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on
Autobahnrastanlagea place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Italian stazione di servizio

stazione di servizioa place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Japanese サービスエリア

サービスエリア (sābisu eria)a place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Malay R&R, kawasan rehat

R&Ra place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on
kawasan rehata place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Polish miejsce obsługi podróżnych, MOP

miejsce obsługi podróżnycha place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on
MOPa place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Russian зо́на о́тдыха, площа́дка для стоя́нки и о́тдыха

зо́на о́тдыха (zóna ótdyxa)a place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on
площа́дка для стоя́нки и о́тдыха (ploščádka dlja stojánki i ótdyxa)a place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Spanish área de servicio

área de servicioa place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Welsh gwasanaethau

gwasanaethaua place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

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APA

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Chicago

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