parking lot
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of parking lot
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Video of the confrontation appears to show Nelson idling in a snowy strip mall parking lot in his gray Dodge Ram when another driver in an even larger pickup pulls in beside him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
Barzar applied for a job gathering carts in the parking lot of the Tucson store in 1986.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
Pieces of red lockers littered the parking lot.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026
The security guard had been on duty in a small concrete booth in the basement of the parking lot adjacent to the Galerias Playa Grande mall in Catia La Mar when the twin quakes struck.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
I make a decision then, as I walk past the bathroom and step out the door into the parking lot and the cold night.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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