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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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

They said ICE agents used a private parking lot when preparing to detain Oscar Belgal in Marble Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A few cars and bicycles remained stranded in the parking lot.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

And then I walk to the edge of the motel’s parking lot.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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