parking lot

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parking lot

noun parking lots

Canada, Malaysia, Philippines, US A designated area, usually outdoors and divided into marked spaces, intended for the temporary parking of motor vehicles. Meronyms: parking space, parking spot, parking place
Similar: parking area, car park, carpark
US, figuratively, humorous A road blocked by stop-start traffic. The 101 was a parking lot again today.
especially, figuratively A 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.
US, figuratively A place in a state of complete destruction, especially one achieved through military means. 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.

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noun open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use

Español	aparcamiento, parking (parkin), estacionamiento, parqueadero, parqueo, playa de estacionamiento
한국어	주차장 juchajang
日本語	駐車場 chūshajō, パーキング pākingu, カーパーク kāpāku
中文	停車場 /停车场 tíngchēchǎng
हिन्दी	कार पार्क kār pārk, पार्किंग pārkiṅg
Português	estacionamento
Français	parking, parc de stationnement, stationnement
Deutsch	Parkplatz
Italiano	posteggio, parcheggio
Ελληνικά	χώρος στάθμευσης chóros státhmefsis, πάρκινγκ párkingk, στάθμευση státhmefsi
Română	parcare, parking, parcaj
Русский	автостоя́нка avtostojánka, стоя́нка stojánka, стоя́нка для маши́н stojánka dlja mašín, парко́вка parkóvka, па́ркинг párking
Tiếng Việt	bãi giữ xe, bãi đậu xe, bãi đỗ xe
العربية	مَوْقِف سَيَّارَات mawqif sayyārāt, مَوْقِف mawqif
עברית	חַנְיוֹן khanyón

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@misc{parking_lot_2026,
  title = {parking lot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parking%20lot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}