parking space

  • 31space — 1 /speIs/ noun 1 AMOUNT OF SPACE (U) the amount of an area, room, container etc that is empty or available to be used: There s space for a table and two chairs. | How much space is there on each disk? | make space: I m trying to make space for… …

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  • 32space — I UK [speɪs] / US noun Word forms space : singular space plural spaces *** 1) [countable/uncountable] an empty or available area We replaced the bath with a shower to create more space. Every space on the walls is covered with pictures. a… …

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  • 33space — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French espace, space, from Latin spatium area, room, interval of space or time Date: 14th century 1. a period of time; also its duration 2. a. a limited extent in one, two, or …

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  • 34space*/*/*/ — [speɪs] noun I 1) [C/U] an empty or available area We replaced the bath with a shower to create more space.[/ex] Their voices sounded loud in the small space.[/ex] What we really need is more green spaces in cities.[/ex] The nursery has space for …

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  • 35space — [[t]speɪs[/t]] n. v. spaced, spac•ing, adj. 1) phs the unlimited three dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur 2) phs the portion or extent of this in a given instance 3) extent or area in two… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36parking zone — noun a space where an automobile can be parked • Syn: ↑parking space • Hypernyms: ↑space …

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  • 37parking — noun (U) 1 the act of parking a car or other vehicle: No Parking. | a parking fine | a parking space 2 spaces in which you can leave a car or other vehicle: There s plenty of parking at the shopping mall …

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  • 38parking meter — noun a coin operated timer located next to a parking space; depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time • Hypernyms: ↑timer * * * noun, pl ⋯ ters [count] : a machine near a parking place on the side …

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  • 39parking lot — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lot, parking area, parking garage, garage, off street parking, parking space …

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  • 40parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a… …

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