car park
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of car park
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Having taken all safety precautions - and drilled my son fully on stranger danger - we arrange to meet in the car park of a service station to trade the grand total of 11 stickers.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Sussex Police said the teenager died after the car in which he was a passenger collided with another car near Shooters Bottom car park, by Beach Head, at about 21:30 BST on 26 June.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Another photo he posted on social media placed him in the car park of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, with another showing his pass for a Russian embassy.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
"Cars drive about five percent of the time. Ninety-five percent of the time they are standing still in a car park somewhere," he explained.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
There're two ratty sofas, one yolky rug, a dragon's-egg paperweight, a Fisher-Price toy multistory car park, and a giant Zulu mask from South Africa.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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