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PRONUNCIATION OF MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION

motorway service station  [ˈməʊtəˌweɪ ˈsɜːvɪs ˈsteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION

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Motorway service station is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

motorway service station

Motorway service area

In the UK motorway service areas, also known as service stations or services, are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel, rest, or take refreshments. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and RoadChef. However, Extra are also developing a network of service areas. Only 20 motorway services in the UK remain in the ownership of the Department for Transport and let on 50-year leases to private operating companies. Some service stations also have hotels next to them offering motorists overnight accommodation.

Definition of motorway service station in the English dictionary

The definition of motorway service station in the dictionary is an establishment off a motorway where drivers can refuel their vehicles, buy food, drink, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
crustacean
krʌˈsteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
forestation
ˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən
gestation
dʒɛˈsteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
ice-station
ˈaɪsˌsteɪʃən
infestation
ˌɪnfɛˈsteɪʃən
manifestation
ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
outstation
ˈaʊtˌsteɪʃən
PlayStation
ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
prestation
prɛˈsteɪʃən
reforestation
ˌriːfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən
station
ˈsteɪʃən
substation
ˈsʌbˌsteɪʃən
workstation
ˈwɜːksteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION

motoring
motoring correspondent
motoring magazine
motoring offence
motoring organization
motoring public
motoring school
motorisation
motorise
motorist
motorium
motorization
motorize
motorless
motorman
motormen
motormouth
motorway
motorway restaurant
motory

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
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Synonyms and antonyms of motorway service station in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «motorway service station» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION

Find out the translation of motorway service station to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of motorway service station from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «motorway service station» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高速公路服务站
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estación de servicio de la autopista
570 millions of speakers

English

motorway service station
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हाईवे सर्विस स्टेशन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محطة خدمة الطريق السريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

СТО автомагистрали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estação de serviço da auto-estrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোটরওয়ে সার্ভিস স্টেশন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

station-service d´autoroute
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stesen perkhidmatan lebuh raya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Autobahnraststätte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高速道路のサービスステーション
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고속도로 주유소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stasiun layanan jalan tol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trạm dịch vụ đường cao tốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெடுஞ்சாலை சேவை நிலையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोटरवे सेवा केंद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Otoyol servis istasyonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stazione di servizio autostradale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

serwis autostrady
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

СТО автомагістралі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stație de benzină autostradă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοκινητόδρομο πρατήριο καυσίμων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snelweg diensstasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motorväg bensinstation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motorveien bensinstasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of motorway service station

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about motorway service station

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION»

Discover the use of motorway service station in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to motorway service station and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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European Landscape Architecture: Best Practice in Detailing
Case study Bay of Somme motorway service station, on the A16, France Project data Project name: Motorway service station, Bay of Somme, A16 Location: On the A16 motorway, 10km north of the city of Abbeville in France Planning: ...
Ian Thompson, Torben Dam, Jens Balsby Nielsen, 2007
2
Watford Gap: Portraits at the First Motorway Service Station
Emerging photographer Sam Mellish presents 'Watford Gap', an initmate study of the myriad different people who pass through the doors of the UK's 'first motorway service station'.
‎2013
3
Heinemann Business Studies for AS Level
Typically, therefore the price of buying petrol and other goods will be much higher at a motorway service station than within a town. The service station is able to exert monopoly powers while the town service station operates in a strongly ...
‎2001
4
Heinz Isler
In fact, some have been demolished, some modified in ways that lsler finds inappropriate and one of his most dramatic works (the triangular roofs over the motorway service station at Deitingen) has recently been under threat. lsler considers ...
John Chilton, Heinz Isler, 2000
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On Roads: A Hidden History
With its subdued décor and acoustically absorbent floors, it was an 'anti- motorway service station', intended as 'a haven of tranquillity, a soothing influence on frayed nerves, and a refuge from the stresses and irritations of motorway driving'.
Joe Moran, 2010
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Research Methods in Theatre and Performance
... marriage-vow ritual, like the deliberately placed artefacts, constituted an audience framing for the motorway-going public who could treat it as an ignored invitation or as a found narrative — a wedding in a motorway service station! — well fit ...
Baz Kershaw, Helen Nicholson, 2011
7
Tourism SMEs, Service Quality, and Destination Competitiveness
However, this research indicates disparities in practice. The catering services and motorway service station sectors ensure that staff have individual training plans which are adhered to, with operative staff attending regular staff development ...
Eleri Jones, E. Jones and C. Haven, Claire Haven, 2005
8
The Motorway Achievement
Lanes CC/ Total Bitumen/ National Archives, Crown copyright 1 50 62 Mi's service station at foddington in 1960 and Newport Pagnell Motorway Service Station. Science Museum Collection 152 63 Shavian concrete finishing train; Shavian ...
Ron Bridle, Peter Baldwin, John Porter (M.S.), 2004
9
Reading the Everyday
On a deserted bridge walkway at a motorway service station, Eunice screams: ' God's forgotten me. He's forgotten me! I kill people and nothing happens!' With its use of the road as a metaphor for existential alienation and isolation, Butterfly ...
Joe Moran, 2005
10
Advanced Polymer Composites for Structural Applications in ...
Figure 2: Uneven colour fading between GRP panels on motorway service station Office block An office block in Stevenage clad completely in GRP which has a Class 0 fire rating was erected in 1974. The cladding on this block of offices and ...
R. A. Shenoi, Stuart S. J. Moy, Leonard Hollaway, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOTORWAY SERVICE STATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term motorway service station is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chemical leak alert hits motorway service station
... hits motorway service station. A motorway service station had to be evacuated as emergency crews dealt with a suspected chemical leak. 0 ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
2
Road now open for Cork's first motorway service station
However, An Bord Pleanála officials decided to uphold the council's original decision paving the way for Cork's first motorway service station. «The Corkman, Jul 15»
3
Rest breaks are essential
For drivers who do have a reason to stop at a motorway service station, over 94 per cent have said they only stop to use the toilet facilities. «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
4
Queen Mary 2 to get new cabins for single travellers and improved …
... looking for a major refit of the King's Court buffet restaurant which some think is more suited to a motorway service station than a luxury liner. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Two more 'illegal immigrants' leave lorry at Cobham services
Police said two people seen leaving a lorry at a motorway service station have been detained as suspected illegal immigrants. They were ... «Get Surrey, Jul 15»
6
New £65m motorway service station set to create 300 new jobs
A new £65m motorway service station at Solihull is expected to cater for up to 80,000 vehicles a week. Solihull Services, located to the west of ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Anton Coaker - Labour hopefuls have learnt nothing from their defeat
Without time to seek some nice quiet pub for some munch, we stopped at a motorway service station. And at lunchtime on a summer Saturday it ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
8
Time for an all-out war on food industry to curb our sugar intake
For lunch, I stopped at a motorway service station for a panini with a sweet beetroot relish and a chocolate brownie. Thirty miles later I ate two ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
9
From Mitcham's Corner outwards, let's rethink the city's public spaces
It would be a destination, not a motorway service station. Of course, if you think that is a radical thing to do, I've not really started yet. Let's close ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
10
Do you remember Sapphire and Steel? The cult classic might be …
TV fans might finally get the answer to what happened to Joanna Lumley and David McCallum in that motorway service station as 1970s cult ... «BT.com, Jul 15»

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