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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

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Etymology

Origin of car park

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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The suspect directed them through the store and into the car park, before officers arrived, said police.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Anderson accepts there are few, if any, bins along the famous central section of the wall, not even in the car park at Steel Rigg, the gateway to its most visited stretch.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

David and Emma were then called by police and stopped in a pub car park, and told of their son's death.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The source - the smell of the remains of burnt out ambulances, which lie blackened in a car park next to a synagogue in the north-west London suburb.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But I couldn’t, because when I got to the school I saw that Father’s van was parked outside in the car park.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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