parking lot

noun

: an area used for the parking of motor vehicles

Examples of parking lot in a Sentence

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In the backdrop, a group of developers — the African American Sports and Entertainment Group, doing business as the Oakland Acquisition Company — is in the midst of due diligence for a $250 million purchase of the 112-acre property, including the stadium, arena and parking lots surrounding them. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025 Flights are scheduled to take off from Long Beach and John Wayne airports every half hour or so on each day of the event, and will land in the parking lot between Huntington Street and Pacific Coast Highway. Claire Wang, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025 Your dad is in the parking lot but not by the car. Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Prosecutors say Downey picked the boy up in the same area as before, drove to the same parking lot at Jan Karski Way and West Howell Street, and raped the boy again — this time paying $80. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parking lot

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parking lot was in 1924

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“Parking lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20lot. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

parking lot

noun
: an outdoor area for parking motor vehicles
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