service area

noun

chiefly British

: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.

Examples of service area in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s split in two, with a service area and pantry on one side and a dining area with a breakfast bar and large picture window on the other. —Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 10 May 2024

In the food service area, food employees did not wash their hands or change gloves after touching money and before handling food and clean utensils. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024

So far in 2024, the National Weather Service Kansas City has issued 22 tornado warnings and 136 severe thunderstorm warnings across their service area, from eastern Kansas to eastern Missouri’s Iowa border. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024

Back to the food service area, the hot holding unit needed to keep foods over 135 degrees. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2024

He was escorted to the service area of the toll plaza (which was just east of Oakland Boulevard) to have his photo taken, then driven to Dallas for more photos and treated to two free meals at the Glass House, a tank of gas and a 50-cent piece to cover his toll. —Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024

The scholarship is open to students who live or go to school within the Vista Irrigation District’s service area, which includes Vista, parts of San Marcos, Escondido, Oceanside and unincorporated areas of the county of San Diego. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024

Below are some general tips on finding help if you’re lost: Try getting back to a cell service area to call for help. —Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024

In the food service area, no time mark was on spinach empanadas, meat empanadas, ham croquetas, meat pastelitos, guava and cheese tequenos and pastelitos, ham and cheese pastelitos and beef empanadas. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024