parking lot

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of parking lot

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

Raiding Home Depot parking lots and stopping people on the street isn’t persuasive to this end.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tehran’s municipality has identified metro stations, parking lots and other locations that could serve as bomb shelters, Ali Nasiri, a crisis management official, told state media in late January.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Remember the Times” stretches back to Riley’s childhood in Harlem, where the playground of his elementary school abutted the parking lot behind New York’s venerable Apollo Theater.

From Los Angeles Times

Jackson was present when King was killed, standing below in the parking lot when King was shot from the Memphis hotel balcony.

From Salon

Then Mr. Reardon was showing them out, down the hallway, through the waiting area, out into the parking lot.

From Literature

Related Words

• garage
• park