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car park

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

  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

Etymology

Origin of car park

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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The long-stay car park at Betws-y-Coed, a small village in Conwy which is a popular starting off point for people visiting Eryri, is on the list of those where overnight parking is now banned.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Ian Young, who lives near the car park on a road where there are no parking restrictions, said a minority of overnight campers had used his gardens as toilets and littered the streets.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The shopping centre is open as normal, but the rear car park is closed.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

So in Rita's memory, he walks the same route from the Pont Ar Daf car park to the peak at 886m.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

We got there around lunch-time and left the Rover in a car park beside a mini-golf course full of fluttering flags.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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