Definition of parking lot in US English:
parking lot
nounˈpärkiNG ˌlätˈpɑrkɪŋ ˌlɑt
North American An area where cars or other vehicles may be left temporarily.
British term car park
Example sentencesExamples
- They arranged for the demolition contractor to reuse the old asphalt and limestone base from the former parking lot.
- Reducing the need for driving would also reduce the need for parking lots.
- I parked my Corolla in the student parking lot and then walked into the building.
- Park cars in the correct spaces to keep your job at the parking lot.
- Today while I was at the post office, I happened to notice this car, this Mercury Topaz, in the parking lot.
- The airport says its parking lots are running near capacity, meaning travelers could have a difficult time finding a spot if they choose to drive.
- I sat in my office looking over some statistics, figures, and forms, staring out the window at the snow-covered parking lot, feeling a little bored.
- Originally planned to be set in a park-like environment, the building now sits in a parking lot.
- Mr. Gerald sat in his car in an empty parking lot across the street from the motel.
- You are in the parking lot on the north side of the shopping mall.
- I pulled out of the deserted motel parking lot, and the second day of our adventure began.
- As I pulled into the mall parking lot, I noticed a couple of stores looked empty.
- Sidewalk retail in Portland and other traditional cities accommodates pedestrians without massive parking lots out front.
- A long, high desert masonry wall was added in the 1950s to the area west of the shop to screen the parking lot.
- The fire broke out at the parking lot of the Changsha Railway Station.
- It is now a defunct higher-end grocery store which was boycotted because the company cleared a popular stand of firs at the corner to build the parking lot.
- They suggest people should not leave valuable articles in their cars and should choose well-observed parking lots.
- If you go to the typical suburban garden apartment parking lot during the daytime, the lots will be substantially vacant.
- Pay and display meters are available beside the parking lots.
- It's easy to misplace your car in the parking lot.