Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or practice of temporarily leaving a vehicle or maneuvering a vehicle into a certain location.
  • noun Space in which to park vehicles or a vehicle.
  • noun Slang Kissing or caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Parks collectively, or a park-like place; also, a strip of turf, with or without trees, in the middle of a street.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily.
  • noun A space or spaces in which a vehicle can be parked.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of park.
  • noun The action of the verb to park.
  • noun Space in which to park a car or other vehicle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun space in which vehicles can be parked
  • noun the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily

Etymologies

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  • My adjectival use: 'If you have a car you need a parking place.'

    August 23, 2011