"rest area" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rest areas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rest area (plural rest areas)
  1. A place, usually on a limited-access highway, where one can stop to use the restroom or to take a break from travelling. Wikipedia link: rest area Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: service plaza [UK], rest stop, service area Related terms: highway oasis, lay-by, overhead restaurant, rest and service area, rest stop, service area, service center, travel plaza Translations (rest area along a road): اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa) (Arabic), àrea de servei [feminine] (Catalan), 服務區 (Chinese Mandarin), 服务区 (fúwùqū) (Chinese Mandarin), 休息站 (xiūxízhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 停車區 (Chinese Mandarin), 停车区 (tíngchēqū) (Chinese Mandarin), odpočívadlo [neuter] (Czech), rasteplads [common-gender] (Danish), verzorgingsplaats [feminine] (Dutch), levähdysalue (Finnish), levähdyspaikka (Finnish), aire d’autoroute [feminine] (French), aire de repos [feminine] (French), halte routière [Quebec, feminine] (French), Autobahnraststätte [feminine] (German), Rasthof [masculine] (German), אזור שירות (ezór sheirút) [masculine] (Hebrew), pihenőparkoló (Hungarian), pihenőhely (Hungarian), pihenőterület (Hungarian), pihenőövezet (Hungarian), pihenő (Hungarian), tempat istirahat (Indonesian), area di servizio [feminine] (Italian), autogrill [masculine] (Italian), サービスエリア (sābisu eria) (Japanese), 休憩所 (kyūkeijo) (alt: きゅうけいじょ) (Japanese), 휴게소 (hyugeso) (alt: 休憩所) (Korean), kawasan rehat (Malay), whakangātanga (Maori), miejsce obsługi podróżnych [neuter] (Polish), MOP [neuter] (Polish), зо́на о́тдыха (zóna ótdyxa) [feminine] (Russian), площа́дка для стоя́нки и о́тдыха (ploščádka dlja stojánki i ótdyxa) [feminine] (Russian), počivališče [neuter] (Slovene), área de descanso [feminine] (Spanish), área de servicio [feminine] (Spanish), rastplats [common-gender] (Swedish), dinlenme tesisi (Turkish)

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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ezór sheirút",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
          "word": "pihenőparkoló"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "roman": "sābisu eria",
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
          "word": "whakangātanga"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "miejsce obsługi podróżnych"
        },
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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            "neuter"
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          "roman": "zóna ótdyxa",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "word": "área de descanso"
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "rest area along a road",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rastplats"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "rest area along a road",
          "word": "dinlenme tesisi"
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      "word": "اِسْتِرَاحَة"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "word": "àrea de servei"
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "服務區"
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiūxízhàn",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "休息站"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "停車區"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tíngchēqū",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "停车区"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "odpočívadlo"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rasteplads"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "verzorgingsplaats"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "word": "aire de repos"
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "word": "halte routière"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "pihenőhely"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "pihenőterület"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "word": "autogrill"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sābisu eria",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "サービスエリア"
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      "alt": "きゅうけいじょ",
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      "roman": "kyūkeijo",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
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      "alt": "休憩所",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyugeso",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "휴게소"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "kawasan rehat"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "whakangātanga"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "miejsce obsługi podróżnych"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "MOP"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zóna ótdyxa",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зо́на о́тдыха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ploščádka dlja stojánki i ótdyxa",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "площа́дка для стоя́нки и о́тдыха"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "počivališče"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "área de descanso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "área de servicio"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rastplats"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rest area along a road",
      "word": "dinlenme tesisi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rest area"
}

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