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parking lot

American  

noun

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

parking lot British  

noun

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

"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

Etymology

Origin of parking lot

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

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The fire on Jan. 22, believed to have been set by a homeless person, took out wooden framing below an asphalt bridge connecting access to a parking lot, making it unusable for safety reasons.

From Los Angeles Times

If I wanted to watch a pair of agitated fortysomethings engage in a comically meaningless tangle, I would hit the parking lot at a travel soccer tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal

It showed the white SUV parking in the parking lot and a man exiting, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Twelve kilometers from the hotel zone, crossing empty streets with minimal traffic, residents in the well-off neighborhood of Fluvial Vallarta wandered through the parking lot of a Costco wholesaler.

From Barron's

Raiding Home Depot parking lots and stopping people on the street isn’t persuasive to this end.

From The Wall Street Journal

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