rest area

noun

: an area adjacent to a highway at which restrooms and refreshments are usually available

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State police believe that the pickup truck collided with the motorcycle in the right travel lane of I-95 North just before the exit ramp leading into the Darien rest area. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026 And at the L’Anse-Pleureuse rest area on Route 198, just outside Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, the view of a lake surrounded by mountainous terrain is well worth a stop. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 According to the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, the stabbing took place early Sunday morning near the Bitter Creek rest area on I-80. — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026 Matthew Denton, a sheriff's deputy in Ohio's Medina County, has a new dog with a new name, Trooper, in a nod to highway patrol officer John Kronander who found the gray and white puppy abandoned in a crate without food or water at a rest area. — Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rest area

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rest area was in 1971

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“Rest area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20area. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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