vacant lot

noun

An unused area of land in an urban area (not built, not a farm, not a park).

Similar
empty lotspare groundbuilding site
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Meanings

nounvacant lot (plural vacant lots)

plural vacant lots

  1. An unused area of land in an urban area (not built, not a farm, not a park).

    Synonyms: empty lot, spare ground

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unused area of land in an urban area (not built, not a farm, not a park).

Similar
empty lotspare ground

More synonyms by meaning

nouna lot on which there are no permanent buildings

Similar
building site
Broader
lot
Also see
building site

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan descampat
  • descampatunused land
Finnish tyhjä tontti
  • tyhjä tonttiunused land
French terrain vague
  • terrain vagueunused land
German unbebautes Grundstück
  • unbebautes Grundstückunused land
Hungarian grund
  • grundunused land
Irish suíomh folamh
  • suíomh folamhunused land
Japanese 閑地
  • 閑地 (kanchi)unused land
Russian пустырь
  • пустырь (pustyrʹ)unused land
Spanish descampado, sitio
  • descampadounused land
  • sitiounused land
Cite this entry
APA

vacant lot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacant%20lot

MLA

“vacant lot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacant%20lot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vacant lot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacant%20lot.

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