parking zone
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈpɑrkɪŋ zoʊn/
:
zona de estacionamiento
- This is a no-parking zone.
The problem I have right now is some guy always parks it outside of the parking zone and they get a ticket for it.
- The problem I have right now is some guy always parks it outside of the parking zone and they get a ticket for it.
- 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) -
The city has designated the area behind the library as a parking zone for visitors.
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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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It had been parked in a No Parking zone, of course.
Fiction book (1999) -
That's a no-parking zone, so just move it out of here!
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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) -
They succeeded in building the bombs, but their education and intelligence did not stop them from leaving their cars in a no-parking zone, a seemingly avoidable mistake that led to their capture.
Academic text (2008) -
The two friends were sitting in the dark inside Carlton's Jeep Cherokee in a no-parking zone on Craigie Street alongside the Craigie Arms apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
953
1.0
A place where cars or other vehicles can be left
497
1.0
An area or building where people leave cars for a short time
161
1.0
A place to leave a car while you go somewhere
14
1.0
A place where people leave their cars for a short time
9
1.0
A place where people leave cars or other vehicles
Antonyms
How Restricted
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2.4
2
1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area designated for parking vehicles' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'parking' (place/activity for leaving vehicles) with 'zone' (a region set aside). This compound noun follows a common and cross-linguistically familiar noun + noun composition pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Parking zone comes from the simple image of a marked area: parking (cars stopping) and zone (an area) shown by signs or painted lines. So, it means 'an area where cars may park'.