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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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Kemp also campaigned with residents in July against a new car park that the borough council sought to build next to Harding's Pits.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Judge Green said taking her to a car park at this late time showed a "significant degree of planning and foresight".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

"My flat's car park was under water -- it never floods, even in 2011" when hundreds of people died across Thailand in heavy deluges, he said, asking AFP not to publish his family name.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

This will likely involve opening the entrance to the car park so that Ball, of George Road in Matlock, can drive and walk to the rear of her garden.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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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