bike parking rack
- noun
- /baɪk ˈpɑrkɪŋ ræk/
:
aparca bicicletas
- During the festival, many people used the available bike parking racks to safely store their bicycles.
Examples
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The city installed new bike parking racks near the park to encourage cycling.
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We hear $150 is being spent for bike parking racks.
Blog text (18) -
After riding to work, she secured her bicycle to the bike parking rack by locking it in place.
Synonyms
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1.2
A frame for holding or showing things
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2.1
A metal frame for parking and locking bikes
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1.9
A frame made of metal or wood where you lock and park a bike
A metal frame where people lock and leave bicycles
A metal rack where you park and lock a bicycle
A rack for holding and locking bikes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a metal frame where bicycles can be parked and locked' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bike' + 'parking' + 'rack' — each constituent contributes straightforward, literal information about the object. This compositional noun phrase follows common English compounding patterns (and similar constructions exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Bike parking rack is a simple picture made of three words: bike, parking, and rack. A rack is a metal frame, parking means leaving something, and bike is a bicycle, so it may come from the idea of a frame where you 'park' and 'lock' your bike, which is why it means a place to securely leave bicycles.