parking lot

noun

1. an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.

parking lot

noun

1. an area or building reserved for parking cars Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)car park

Word History and Origins

Origin of parking lot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

Since the pandemic, I’ve eaten in parking lots, greenhouses, tents, restaurants whose roofs can retract and streets converted into alfresco dining rooms.

From Washington Post

About 50 other people sat in their cars in the church’s parking lot, listening to the service on a low-frequency radio station.

From Washington Post

Witnesses saw a silver SUV, possibly a Nissan Rogue, leaving the townhouses’ parking lot shortly after the shooting, police said.

From Washington Post

“It’s his Valentine’s Day present,” she said, resting her hand on his arm as the couple sat in the parking lot of Six Flags America, one of the first mass vaccination sites to open in the state.

From Washington Post

Pick up the trailhead for 1,157-foot Tunk Mountain at the parking lot off Route 182 between the towns of Franklin and Cherryfield.

From Outside Online

The kid moved again, slowly across the parking lot to the garbage bin.

From The Daily Beast

In August, an 18-year-old was shot and killed by a Dallas police officer after a car crash in a parking lot near a Walmart store.

From The Daily Beast

They finally arrived in a dark, empty parking lot in the middle of the night, despite her repeated protests.

From The Daily Beast

Then one day he saw another Pacer in the parking lot of a chicken joint.

From The Daily Beast

Back in Jersey City, Booker is still talking in the parking lot.

From The Daily Beast

Penny, however, had left her car in the snowy parking lot, which was convenient to the river.

From Project Gutenberg

On the snow-banked parking lot where the car had been left, there now stood only one vehicle, an unpainted, two-wheel trailer.

From Project Gutenberg

The car came within a stone's throw of the factory, where it turned into a parking lot.

From Project Gutenberg

A moment later flame streaked down from the sphere toward the parking lot.

From Project Gutenberg

Dark and looming shapes of overland freight carriers filled the parking lot.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• garage
• park