Phrase guide

parking lot

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A parking area, generally paved and open-air (sometimes with limited overhead covering), where automobiles may be left when not in use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Malaysia, Philippines, US

Examples

  • Meronyms: parking space, parking spot, parking place
  • Should we park in that parking lot, or in the garage up the street?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: parking, car park, carpark

2

noun

Meaning 2

A road blocked by stop-start traffic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, figuratively, humorous

Examples

  • The 101 was a parking lot again today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, figuratively

Topics: business, management

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a lot where cars are parked

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: car park, park, parking area

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lot

Narrower terms: used-car lot

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: parkeerplek — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Afrikaans: parkering — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Albanian: autopark — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Albanian: parking — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف سَيَّارَات (mawqif sayyārāt) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف (mawqif) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف سَيَّارَات (maw2ef sayyārāt) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟܠܝܵܐ (maklyā) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟܠܝܵܐ ܕܪ̈ܲܕܵܝܵܬܹܐ (maklyā d-raddāyātē) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܟܠܝܵܐ (bēt maklyā) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Armenian: ավտոկայանատեղի (avtokayanateġi) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Azerbaijani: parklanma — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Basque: aparkaleku — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Belarusian: аўтастая́нка (awtastajánka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Belarusian: стая́нка (stajánka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Belarusian: парко́ўка (parkówka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Belarusian: па́ркінг (párkinh) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Breton: parklec'h — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Breton: park-kirri — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Bulgarian: па́ркинг (párking) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Burmese: ယာဉ်ရပ် (yanyrap) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Catalan: aparcament — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Catalan: pàrquing — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Chinese Cantonese: 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 (tíngchēchǎng) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Cornish: park kerri — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Corsican: parcheghju — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Czech: parkoviště — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Danish: parkeringsplads — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Dutch: parkeerplaats — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Dutch: parkeerterrein — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Dutch: parking — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Esperanto: parkejo — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Estonian: parkla — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Finnish: pysäköintialue — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Finnish: parkkipaikka — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • French: parking — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • French: parc de stationnement — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • French: stationnement — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Galician: aparcadoiro — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Galician: aparcamento — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Galician: estacionamento — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Georgian: სადგომი (sadgomi) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Georgian: ავტოსადგომი (avṭosadgomi) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • German: Parkplatz — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Greek: χώρος στάθμευσης (chóros státhmefsis) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Greek: πάρκινγκ (párkingk) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Greek: στάθμευση (státhmefsi) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Greenlandic: biilinut uninngatitsivik — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Hebrew: חַנְיוֹן (khanyón) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Hindi: कार पार्क (kār pārk) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Hindi: पार्किंग (pārkiṅg) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Hungarian: parkolóhely — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Hungarian: parkoló — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Icelandic: bílastæði — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Indonesian: lapangan parkir — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Indonesian: parkiran — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Indonesian: pelataran parkir — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Irish: carrchlós — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Italian: posteggio — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Italian: parcheggio — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Japanese: 駐車場 (chūshajō) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Japanese: パーキング (pākingu) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Japanese: カーパーク (kāpāku) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Kazakh: автотұрақ (avtotūraq) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Khmer: ទីចតរថយន្ត (tii cɑɑt rŭət yŭən) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Korean: 주차장 (juchajang) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Korean: 차마당 (chamadang) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Kyrgyz: автотурук (avtoturuk) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Lao: ບ່ອນໄວ້ລົດ (bǭn wai lot) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Lao: ບ່ອນຈອດ (bǭn chǭt) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Latvian: stāvvieta — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Latvian: stāvlaukums — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Lithuanian: stovėjimo aikštelė — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Luxembourgish: Parkplaz — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Macedonian: паркиралиште (parkiralište) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Malay: tempat letak kereta — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Maltese: parkeġġ — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Manx: carrlann — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Manx: pairk charr — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Manx: pairk ghleashtan — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Māori: tūnga waka — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Mongolian: зогсоол (zogsool) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Moore: yalsg zĩiga — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parkeringsplass — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Iranian Persian: پارْکینْگ (pârking) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Iranian Persian: مانْدِگاه (mândegâh) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Polish: parking — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Portuguese: estacionamento — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Romanian: parcare — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Romanian: parking — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Romanian: parcaj — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Russian: автостоя́нка (avtostojánka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Russian: стоя́нка (stojánka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Russian: стоя́нка для маши́н (stojánka dlja mašín) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Russian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Russian: па́ркинг (párking) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Scots: car pairk — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Scots: pairkin lot — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Scottish Gaelic: pàirc-chàraichean — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Serbo-Croatian: паркѝралӣште — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Serbo-Croatian: parkìralīšte — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Slovak: parkovisko — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Slovene: parkirišče — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: aparcamiento — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: parking (parkin) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: estacionamiento — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: parqueadero — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: parqueo — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: playa de estacionamiento — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: aparcadero — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: recinto de aparcamiento — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Spanish: edificio de parque — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Swedish: parkeringsplats — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Swedish: parkering — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Swedish: bilparkering — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Tajik: таваққуфгоҳ (tavaqqufgoh) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Tamil: கார் பார்க் (kār pārk) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Thai: ที่จอดรถ (tîi-jɔ̀ɔt-rót) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Thai: สถานที่จอดรถ (sà-tǎan-tîi jòt rót) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Turkish: durguluk — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Turkish: park yeri — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Turkish: otopark — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Ukrainian: автостоя́нка (avtostojánka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Ukrainian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Ukrainian: па́ркінг (párkinh) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Ukrainian: стоя́нка (stojánka) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Urdu: پارْکِن٘گ (pārkiṅg) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Urdu: گاڑی اِحاطَہ (gāṛī ihāta) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Uyghur: ماشىنا مەيدانى (mashina meydani) — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Uzbek: avtoturargoh — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Vietnamese: bãi giữ xe — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Vietnamese: bãi đậu xe — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Vietnamese: bãi đỗ xe — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use
  • Welsh: maes parcio — open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use