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 permits also allow the company to increase the size of the building by about 60 square feet, rebuild the main entrance facing the parking lot and add new landscaping to the parking lot. Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024 Police stopped the car in the parking lot of a hospital. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024 Let’s recap! Dr. Erik Harper (Tim Russ), a renowned rare-tumor cardiothoracic surgeon, is found shot dead after being snatched from the Portsmouth Naval Medical Center parking lot. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024 There was so much confusion during the first days of transfers last week that some inmates languished for upwards of five hours on buses in the Dublin prison parking lot before returning to their cells without explanation. Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024 After the crash, people are seen running into the parking lot. Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2024 The 4-year-old was found safe in the parking lot by a resident of the complex, but the 2-year-old had been separated from her sibling. Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024 Detectives determined the man with head injuries was filling his vehicle with gas when a second man ran up from the parking lot, Campbell said. Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024 Police have not released a motive in that murder, but said Cintron Garcia hauled the Acura away from an Orange County apartment parking lot on March 19. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'parking lot.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parking lot was in 1924

Dictionary Entries Near parking lot

Cite this Entry

“Parking lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20lot. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

parking lot

noun
: an outdoor area for parking motor vehicles

More from Merriam-Webster on parking lot

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!