loading bay

American  

[lohd-ing bay] / ˈloʊd ɪŋ ˌbeɪ /

noun

• loading bays
  plural

1. an area, typically at the back or side of a warehouse, large retail outlet, etc., where trucks load and unload goods.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• loading bays
  plural

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

loading bay

Vic drove to the loading bay behind the Home Depot, and there was no one there.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

He used the council's loading bay public address system to shout: "Get off her. She's drunk. I'm calling the police."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021

The cemetery did not allow gatherings, so on a sweltering morning in early July, five of us said a few words over her in the loading bay behind the crematory, before her body went inside.

From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2021

Rehearsals take place outside on a loading bay attached to the Powerhouse, a former power plant near the Oxford square.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020

We never knew the elementary school was helping us until their custodian drove up to the loading bay with the payload of his truck overflowing with chain.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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