car park
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of car park
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The buckets are gathered back in the car park and the crop is carefully placed in a barrel of cool seawater to be taken for processing.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Many took refuge in the Thurrock service station car park, but were then unable to get back out.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
He said nobody else went behind a wall in the car park until Wilkins' body was found there the next morning by police.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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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