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 airport’s parking lot was full, and people were parking across Freeport Boulevard in nearby neighborhoods. — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026

At the grand opening of a store, a man jumped out of a blimp into the parking lot. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

One exchange detailed by federal prosecutors involved undercover agents meeting the couple at a Target parking lot to deliver $12,000 in cash as a down payment for pieces of rhinoceros horn. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

That changed when Detective Tim Cooper, who watched that episode as a child, had a chance encounter in 2018 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 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