noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action of the verb to park. uncountable, usually

   "free parking"

2. 2
   the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily wordnet
3. 3
   Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking. uncountable, usually

   "Near-synonyms: car park, carpark"

4. 4
   space in which vehicles can be parked wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of park form-of, gerund, participle, present

   "Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund)"

Synonyms

All synonyms

bermcar parkcarparkparking spacetree lawnverge

Antonyms

All antonyms

garden

Example

More examples

"There is a large parking lot in front of the station."

Etymology

From park + -ing.

Related phrases

double-parkingechelon parkingemergency parking bayglass parking lotno parkingno parking whitebeamparking areaparking attendantparking brakeparking couponparking craterparking disc

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.