parking lot

noun

: an area used for the parking of motor vehicles

Examples of parking lot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Edgewater, New Jersey, along the Hudson River, water had spilled into a large parking lot packed with cars. — Matthew Mulligan, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026

At Olympic and South Lake, where encampments line the street and a fire once spread into a church parking lot, destroying vehicles, there’s a concrete triangle that was heaped with trash. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Chatman-Jones was arrested the next day at an Aurora apartment complex parking lot, the release said. — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Thursday, a police K-9 officer was patrolling the Community Center when a silver Honda entered the parking lot, police said. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 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