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

Etymology

Origin of parking lot

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

parking lot

When I arrived in the parking lot on an August Saturday afternoon, I immediately saw a pink Cadillac, a vestige of the Cupid’s Outlet.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

In Cali, part of the Hospital Universitario del Valle collapsed during the quake, forcing doctors to move patients into a parking lot and treat some in the open air.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The mission placed Inside Safe enrollees in a tent structure it had erected several years earlier on a parking lot behind its building on San Pedro Street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Japan's national broadcaster NHK reports numerous accounts of trees being toppled by strong winds throughout Nago city in Okinawa, while a car was found overturned and leaking oil in a parking lot.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

I’ve noticed that the same group of motorcycle riders comes to have coffee in the parking lot a few times a week, and they’ve started waving and saying good morning to me.

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

Related Words

• garage
• park