car park

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a parking lot.

car park

noun

1. Usual US and Canadian term: parking lot. an area or building reserved for parking cars

Word History and Origins

Origin of car park¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

"I was sat in Tesco earlier in the car park thinking 'is this real? What is going on?'"

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McQuillan jumped into Mr Beaton's vehicle and initially stopped at a car park, before travelling to his sister's house and finally his own home.

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Wandelt was detained after getting off a flight, while Mrs Spragg had been waiting in a car park nearby and was arrested after sending anxious messages inquiring about the whereabouts of her co-accused.

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She was unaware that at that very moment, Martin was discarding Chloe's phone in bushes at the corner of the supermarket car park, where it was later found by police.

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It was diverted to Huntingdon - an unscheduled stop - where Mr Scott was waiting in the car park.

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Related Words

• garage 
• park