no-parking zone
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2.4
- noun
- /noʊ ˈpɑrkɪŋ zoʊn/
:
zona de no estacionar
- The vehicle had been located in the pound where it had been towed from a no-parking zone in the midtown theater district.
- park in a no-parking zone
- car in a no-parking zone
But the, the shop I, the coffee shop I began working in was in a no parking zone on the High Street and there was no parking in the area.
- But the, the shop I, the coffee shop I began working in was in a no parking zone on the High Street and there was no parking in the area.
Examples
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You're in a no-parking zone there.
Fiction book (1994) -
No parking zone.
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Sir, this is a no parking zone.
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It's a no parking zone.
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I waited in a no parking zone for you all night long.
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Did she let you into the no-parking zone?
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That's a no-parking zone, so just move it out of here!
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America has come to terms with no-smoking and no-parking zones.
Academic text (1996) -
The police officer had spotted Julien's vehicle in front of his hotel and began to write him a ticket for parking in a no-parking zone and failing to have a registration or inspection sticker, police sources said.
Blog text (6) -
The county finally posted the road as a no-parking zone to improve traffic flow.
Antonyms
How Restricted
Surface Forms
Morphology
no-parking + zone
The meaning 'an area where vehicles are not allowed to park' is transparently built from 'no' (negation) + 'parking' (the act of parking) + 'zone' (an area). This negation + noun construction is common in English and cross-linguistically (and frequently appears on signs), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
No-parking zone comes from simple road signs and painted curbs that say no parking to show places where cars must not stop or stay. So it means an area where cars are 'not allowed to park'.