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parking lot

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noun

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

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RELATED WORDS

garage, park, stable

Nearby words

parkie, parkin, parking, parking brake, parking disc, parking lot, parking meter, parking orbit, parking ramp, parking strip, parking ticket

Origin of parking lot

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for parking lot

  • Around the ride, the market-stalls were coming back, rebuilt from a tower of fresh-sawed lumber stacked in the parking-lot.

    Makers|Cory Doctorow

  • Out in the parking-lot, the hawkers were putting their stalls back together as best they could.

    Makers|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for parking lot

parking lot

noun

US and Canadian an area or building reserved for parking carsAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): car park
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012