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car park

American  

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a parking lot.


car park British  

noun

  1. Usual US and Canadian term: parking lot.  an area or building reserved for parking cars

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of car park

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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But Amazon said its current proposals, which include building a multi-storey car park and six new sound stages, would help "realise the site's full potential".

From BBC • May 9, 2026

In a car park outside a Chinese takeaway, I met a tow-truck driver removing cars.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The media is housed in a casino hotel, about a 10-minute walk away, through a tunnel and across a car park, although there is a small workspace in the paddock as well.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Williams was checking a pay-and-display machine at the Seven Stars car park in Welshpool, Powys.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

These are the pictures I’ve kept of those moments we waited by that car park.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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