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PARKING METER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parking meter mean?
• PARKING METER (noun)
The noun PARKING METER has 1 sense:
1. a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space; depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time
Familiarity information: PARKING METER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coin-operated timer located next to a parking space; depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("parking meter" is a kind of...):
timer (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)
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