parking lot

noun

: an area used for the parking of motor vehicles

Examples of parking lot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The footage shows a nearly empty parking lot and the property is temporarily closed. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

Power trucks sat in the parking lot of the Tuscaloosa mall, while the campus started to slow down on Friday night, with so many unknowns leading up to this day. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

In Long Beach, cars lined up Saturday at a Peninsula parking lot as fire department workers loaded sandbags into trunks. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

The video also included surveillance footage showing the Walker actor being confronted by two suspects in black hoodies outside a pickup truck in the store’s parking lot. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for parking lot

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot

Kids Definition

parking lot

noun

: an outdoor area for parking motor vehicles