parking lot

American  

noun

• parking lots
  plural

1. an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.

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parking lot British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): car park. an area or building reserved for parking cars

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• parking lots
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of parking lot

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

parking lot

They consider hypotheticals, like what you would do if you dinged a car in a parking lot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Time to take the haywagon back to the car, or rather, to the bus stop to wait for the shuttle to the auxiliary parking lot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

A guard is on duty, cars are in the parking lot and lights on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

“It took me six years to rebuild,” Kim Devane said as she walked her dog Dino around the country market’s parking lot Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Because across the field of relaxing families, on the other side of the red and yellow bounce house, a black SUV is pulling into the parking lot of Evans Park.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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