parking lot

noun

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

parking lot

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of parking lot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

"It's like looking at cars in a parking lot," Betley says.

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They arrived to find the two free parking lots locked.

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“Our school parking lots are not for ICE to load their weapons,” he said at a news conference.

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Two lucrative parking lots nearby remain under the control of Mathis’s Nashville Church of Christ.

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On a recent Sunday morning, in the weedy parking lot of a strip mall in Wayne, N.J.,

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Related Words

• garage 
• park