service area

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service area

noun service areas

A place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, etc. The sign says that the next service area is 12 miles on.
Similar: service center

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noun a place built alongside a motorway where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on

Español	área de servicio
日本語	サービスエリア sābisu eria
中文	服務區 /服务区 fúwùqū
Français	aire de services, aire
Deutsch	Autobahnraststätte, Autobahnrastanlage
Italiano	stazione di servizio
Русский	зо́на о́тдыха zóna ótdyxa, площа́дка для стоя́нки и о́тдыха ploščádka dlja stojánki i ótdyxa

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@misc{service_area_2026,
  title = {service area},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/service%20area},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}