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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 car park was full, it was like a bank holiday. Everybody coming to see the capybara babies," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

GMP said it was estimated that between 300 and 400 people were present in the car park that night.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

She said the males eventually left her and she eventually got up and left the car park.

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

Diary safe in my satchel, I crossed the flooded clinic car park, leaping from dry bit to dry bit like James Bond froggering across the crocodiles' backs.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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