parking area
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- noun
- /ˈpɑrkɪŋ ˈɛəriə/
:
zona de estacionamiento
- About one o'clock in the afternoon, we decided to return to the parking area for our box lunches.
- a safe parking area
- parking areas along this road
And the other beautiful thing about this blend and the blend we put over by that parking area is none of these have to be sprayed with BT for bud worm.
- And the other beautiful thing about this blend and the blend we put over by that parking area is none of these have to be sprayed with BT for bud worm.
Examples
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During the off-season, the old Farmer's Market parking area was redone, and it is fabulous!
Blog text (1) -
The agency allowed the construction of a store and lunchroom and enlarged the parking area to accommodate more visitors.
Academic text (1994) -
What parking area did you use?
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Listen, the parking area has a slope to it.
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One fire truck is parked slightly behind the others in the parking area of the headquarters building.
Fiction book (1996) -
The little parking area off Kansas Settlement Road was always empty when they arrived.
Fiction book (1997) -
And this is the parking area for oversized vehicles, okay?
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I finally arrived at the campus, found the parking area, and exited my car.
Academic text (2008) -
Lilly's white Chrysler pulls off the road into the front parking area of a new small motel.
Fiction book (1990) -
I finally arrived at the campus, found the parking area, and exited my car.
Synonyms
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A place where cars or other vehicles can be left
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An area or building where people leave cars for a short time
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A place to leave a car while you go somewhere
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A place where people leave their cars for a short time
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An area for leaving cars or other vehicles
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Morphology
The meaning 'an area designated for parking vehicles' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'parking' (a designated place for leaving vehicles) with 'area' (a region or part of a place). This simple noun+noun compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase parking area comes from the word parking, from 'to park' meaning to stop and leave a vehicle, and the word area, meaning a space. It makes the image of a marked place where cars are left, so it means 'a place to park vehicles'.