parking lot

American  

noun

• parking lots
  plural

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

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parking lot British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• parking lots
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of parking lot

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

parking lot

“It took me six years to rebuild,” Kim Devane said as she walked her dog Dino around the country market’s parking lot Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

A few cars and bicycles remained stranded in the parking lot.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The walk to the waterfall from a nearby parking lot would take 40 minutes each way, along undulating and uneven terrain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Security footage showed the cat being scooped up from a nearby parking lot by a couple driving a blue Subaru.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The drumbeats from the parking lot came to a stop, allowing a moment of quiet to settle over the drive-in—a peaceful pocket of rest where one song ended, and another began.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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