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CAR PARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does car park mean?
• CAR PARK (noun)
The noun CAR PARK has 1 sense:
1. a lot where cars are parked
Familiarity information: CAR PARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lot where cars are parked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
car park; park; parking area; parking lot
Hypernyms ("car park" is a kind of...):
lot (a parcel of land having fixed boundaries)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "car park"):
used-car lot (a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale)
Context examples
We need to retrieve these memories to help us carry out our daily tasks, whether remembering where we left the car in the supermarket car park or recalling the name of someone we meet in the street.
(Selective amnesia: how rats and humans are able to actively forget distracting memories, University of Cambridge)
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