parking lot

noun

A designated area, usually outdoors and divided into marked spaces, intended for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.

“The 101 was a parking lot again today.”

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Meanings

nounparking lot (plural parking lots)

plural parking lots

  1. CanadaMalaysiaPhilippinesUSA designated area, usually outdoors and divided into marked spaces, intended for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.

    Meronyms: parking space, parking spot, parking place

    3 more examples

    Should we park in that parking lot, or in the garage up the street?

    They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

    1970, Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi”

    Once there were parking lots / Now it's a peaceful oasis

    1988, “(Nothing But) Flowers”, in Naked, performed by Talking Heads

    Synonyms: parking area, car park, carpark

  2. USfigurativelyhumorousA road blocked by stop-start traffic.

    The 101 was a parking lot again today.

  3. especiallyfigurativelybusinessA holding area in which to set aside some question or concern for likely future consideration.

    Let's put this question in the parking lot for now, and we'll follow up on it later this week.

  4. USfigurativelyA place in a state of complete destruction, especially one achieved through military means.

    I was one of the people understanding the need to turn Afghanistan into a parking lot on the way to finding Bin Laden and bringing him to justice.

    2005, John Grevstad, Red State, Blue State: Defending the Liberal Jesus and Blue State Morality from Red State Religion and Hypocrisy, →ISBN, page 182
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    America believed it had smashed Israel’s greatest enemy and turned Iraq into a parking lot, so now Israel could take risks it had never been able to take before.

    1992 April 15, Dore Gold, “The U.S.-Israel Relationship: Mounting Misperceptions in Washington”, in Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

    Eager for “round two,” a member of Israel’s regional council adjoining Gaza exhorted the military that next time they should “flatten Gaza into a parking lot, destroy them.”

    2018, Norman G. Finkelstein, Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, →ISBN, page 56

    While the former called for end to the fighting in Gaza in his first Sunday address, Mr. Prevost said that after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israelis by members of Hamas, “I’d have flattened Gaza and made it a parking lot.”

    2025 May 13, Richard Fausset, quoting Louis Prevost, “The Pope’s Florida Brother, a MAGA Disciple, Plans to ‘Tone It Down’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA designated area, usually outdoors and divided into marked spaces, intended for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna lot where cars are parked

Similar
car parkparkparking area
Broader
lot
Also see
car parkparkparking areatraffic jam

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans parkeerplek, parkering
  • parkeerplekopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkeringopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Arabic مَوْقِف سَيَّارَات, مَوْقِف
  • مَوْقِف سَيَّارَات (mawqif sayyārāt)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • مَوْقِف (mawqif)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Basque aparkaleku
  • aparkalekuopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Bulgarian па́ркинг
  • па́ркинг (párking)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Catalan aparcament, pàrquing
  • aparcamentopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • pàrquingopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Chinese Cantonese 停車場 /停车场
  • 停車場 /停车场 (ting⁴ ce¹ coeng⁴)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Chinese Mandarin 停車場 /停车场
  • 停車場 /停车场 (tíngchēchǎng)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Czech parkoviště
  • parkovištěopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Danish parkeringsplads
  • parkeringspladsopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Dutch parkeerplaats, parkeerterrein
  • parkeerplaatsopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkeerterreinopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkingopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Esperanto parkejo
  • parkejoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Estonian parkla
  • parklaopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Finnish pysäköintialue, parkkipaikka
  • pysäköintialueopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkkipaikkaopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
French parking, parc de stationnement
  • parkingopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parc de stationnementopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • stationnementopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
German Parkplatz
  • Parkplatzopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Greek χώρος στάθμευσης, πάρκινγκ
  • χώρος στάθμευσης (chóros státhmefsis)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • πάρκινγκ (párkingk)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • στάθμευση (státhmefsi)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Hebrew חַנְיוֹן
  • חַנְיוֹן (khanyón)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Hindi कार पार्क, पार्किंग
  • कार पार्क (kār pārk)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • पार्किंग (pārkiṅg)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Hungarian parkolóhely, parkoló
  • parkolóhelyopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkolóopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Icelandic bílastæði
  • bílastæðiopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Indonesian lapangan parkir, parkiran
  • lapangan parkiropen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkiranopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • pelataran parkiropen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Irish carrchlós
  • carrchlósopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Italian posteggio, parcheggio
  • posteggioopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parcheggioopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Japanese 駐車場, パーキング
  • 駐車場 (chūshajō)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • パーキング (pākingu)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • カーパーク (kāpāku)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Korean 주차장, 차마당
  • 주차장 (juchajang)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • 차마당 (chamadang)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Latvian stāvvieta, stāvlaukums
  • stāvvietaopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • stāvlaukumsopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Lithuanian stovėjimo aikštelė
  • stovėjimo aikštelėopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Malay tempat letak kereta
  • tempat letak keretaopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Māori tūnga waka
  • tūnga wakaopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Norwegian Bokmål parkeringsplass
  • parkeringsplassopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Polish parking
  • parkingopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Portuguese estacionamento
  • estacionamentoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Romanian parcare, parking
  • parcareopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkingopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parcajopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Russian автостоя́нка, стоя́нка
  • автостоя́нка (avtostojánka)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • стоя́нка (stojánka)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • стоя́нка для маши́н (stojánka dlja mašín)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • парко́вка (parkóvka)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • па́ркинг (párking)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Scottish Gaelic pàirc-chàraichean
  • pàirc-chàraicheanopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Slovak parkovisko
  • parkoviskoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Spanish aparcamiento, parking (parkin)
  • aparcamientoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parking (parkin)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • estacionamientoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parqueaderoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parqueoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • playa de estacionamientoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • aparcaderoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • recinto de aparcamientoopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • edificio de parqueopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Swedish parkeringsplats, parkering
  • parkeringsplatsopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • parkeringopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • bilparkeringopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Tamil கார் பார்க்
  • கார் பார்க் (kār pārk)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Thai ที่จอดรถ, สถานที่จอดรถ
  • ที่จอดรถ (tîi-jɔ̀ɔt-rót)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • สถานที่จอดรถ (sà-tǎan-tîi jòt rót)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Turkish durguluk, park yeri
  • durgulukopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • park yeriopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • otoparkopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Ukrainian автостоя́нка, парко́вка
  • автостоя́нка (avtostojánka)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • парко́вка (parkóvka)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • па́ркінг (párkinh)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • стоя́нка (stojánka)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Urdu پارْکِن٘گ, گاڑی اِحاطَہ
  • پارْکِن٘گ (pārkiṅg)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • گاڑی اِحاطَہ (gāṛī ihāta)open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Vietnamese bãi giữ xe, bãi đậu xe
  • bãi giữ xeopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • bãi đậu xeopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • bãi đỗ xeopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
Welsh maes parcio
  • maes parcioopen area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
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