paddock

noun

pad·​dock ˈpa-dək 

-dik

1

a

: a usually enclosed area used especially for pasturing or exercising animals

led the sheep into the paddock

especially : an enclosure where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race

b

Australia and New Zealand : an often enclosed field

2

: an area at an automobile racecourse where racing cars are parked

Examples of paddock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Williams Team Principal James Vowles looks on in the paddock during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 24, 2025 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. —Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025

Now here’s what the F1 paddock had to say about his Le Mans win. —Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025

The movie’s racing production crew became the unofficial 11th team on the circuit, complete with its own paddock in the heart of the action in order to better capture racing sequences. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025

Craft once-in-a-lifetime experiences (Taylor Swift floor seats, F1 paddock passes). —Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

alteration of Middle English parrok, from Old English pearroc, from Medieval Latin parricus

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for paddock

• haddock
• dyadic
• faradic
• monadic
• nomadic
• sporadic
• triadic

Kids Definition

paddock

noun

pad·​dock ˈpad-ək 

-ik

1

: an enclosed area where animals are put to eat grass or to exercise

2

: an enclosed area where racehorses are saddled and paraded before moving to the racetrack