car park
Americannoun
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car parks
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of car park
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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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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