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car park

American  

noun

Chiefly British.
  • car parks
    plural
  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

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Etymology

Origin of car park

First recorded in 1930–35

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The Israeli plans would see Sebastia's entrance moved to the other side of the vast site, away from the village and current car park and shops.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Campaigner Harry Brook was part of a protest at one of the signs at Surprise View car park near Hathersage.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Unverified images from the scene of one of the warehouse strikes showed flames and huge plumes of black smoke rising from a vast logistics building, with dozens of workers fleeing into a car park area.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Officers closed the nearby car park and urged visitors to avoid the area while search operations continued on Saturday.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

In the Hotel Sea Queen car park, the skyblue Plymouth gossiped with other, smaller cars.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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