loading zone
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3.7
- noun
:
zona de carga
- The girls had recovered from Santa Claus and were holding onto the No Parking pole at the loading zone as they swung round and round, their braids whipped by the wind.
- commercial loading zone
- passenger loading zone
Examples
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He and Tony were parked in a loading zone on Park Avenue between Eighty-first and Eighty-second, headed north.
Fiction book (1992) -
You're parked in a loading zone.
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You left your car in a loading zone outside of a bank.
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I knew that was a loading zone!
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I'm parked in the loading zone.
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Now, you're in a loading zone.
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But you see, I got this little VW Bug parked out there in a loading zone.
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EXT. ROME AIRPORT - DAY Faith screeches to a halt in the passenger loading zone.
Fiction book (1994) -
At 3:00 A.M., a Mexican boy was sweeping the sidewalk when Nolan Dahl pulled his cruiser into the front loading zone.
Fiction book (2002) -
Please do not leave vehicles unattended in the loading zone.
Synonyms
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3.6
A raised area at a building where trucks stop to load and unload goods
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3.0
A place where vehicles stop to pick up or drop off goods and people
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area designated for vehicles to stop temporarily to load or unload' is directly derivable from combining 'loading' (the action of putting cargo or passengers onto a vehicle) with 'zone' (a region set apart). This is a literal noun+noun composition commonly found in signage and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Loading zone shows its parts: loading is the action of putting items into a vehicle and zone means the place. So, it means 'an area for short stops to load or unload'.