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So I did in fact spend two and a half years in the Middlesbrough car park practising skills. But if you spend four or five or six hours a day practising, you get better.
Craig Johnston

Meaning of "car park" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAR PARK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAR PARK

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Car park is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAR PARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

car park

Parking lot

A car park, also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface. In most countries where cars are the dominant mode of transportation, parking lots are a feature of every city and suburban area. Shopping malls, sports stadiums, megachurches and similar venues often feature car parks of immense area. Diagram of example car park layout with angle parking as seen from above. White arrows show direction of allowed travel in each lane. Several parking spaces closest to the building entrance are reserved for the handicapped. Cars of various colors are shown parked in some of the spaces. The obtusely pointed end indicates the front end of each car. A sign at the entrance to an underground parking garage in March 2007, warning drivers of the maximum height clearance, in this case, roughly 2 metres. A parking lot in Manhattan, New York, in 2010, with its capacity increased through multiple level stacked parking using mechanical lifts.

Definition of car park in the English dictionary

The definition of car park in the dictionary is an area or building reserved for parking cars Usual US and Canadian term: parking lot.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAR PARK

car industry
car insurance
car journey
car keys
car licence
car licence plate
car license plate
car maintenance
car maker
car number
car part
car phone
car pool
car port
car radio
car rental
car rug
car sleeper
car stereo
car thief

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAR PARK

adventure park
amusement park
business park
coach park
country park
forest park
industrial park
long-stay car park
memorial park
national park
park
play park
retail park
safari park
science park
short-stay car park
skate park
the park
theme park
trailer park
wildlife park

Synonyms and antonyms of car park in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «car park» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAR PARK

Find out the translation of car park to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of car park from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «car park» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

停车场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aparcamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

car park
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार पार्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَوْقِفٌ عَامٌّ لِلسَّيَّارات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

автостоянка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estacionamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কার পার্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parking
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tempat letak kereta
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Parkplatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

駐車場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주차장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

parkiran mobil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bãi đỗ xe ô tô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கார் பார்க்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार पार्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

otopark
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parcheggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

автостоянка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parcare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χώρος στάθμευσης αυτοκινήτου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parkeerterrein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bilparkering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parkeringsplass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of car park

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAR PARK»

The term «car park» is very widely used and occupies the 22.813 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAR PARK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «car park» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «car park» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about car park

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6 QUOTES WITH «CAR PARK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word car park.
1
Steven Gerrard
When I leave the car park at Melwood, I try and become a completely different person. I try to get away from it. You have got to. Otherwise you end up like Jamie Carragher - obsessed!
2
Richard Gough
I look at the car park and myself and Dave Watson come in with our old cars, and these young lads come in with their new Porches. I think that society has changed, there seems to be a lack of respect nowadays.
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David Hemmings
I live in a market town in a mill house with the river running both sides and Somerfield's car park only a loose nine iron away, and I really, really, really love it.
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Craig Johnston
So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.
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Craig Johnston
So I did in fact spend two and a half years in the Middlesbrough car park practising skills. But if you spend four or five or six hours a day practising, you get better.
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Georgia Salpa
My worst habit is probably that I'm extremely messy. I'm a big scatter-brain - I'm always losing my car keys, or worse, forgetting where I parked my car in the car park.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAR PARK»

Discover the use of car park in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to car park and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Car Park Designers' Handbook
Provides advice and guidance on those aspects of planning and design that will enable car parks to perform their function efficiently, economically, and user friendly.
Jim Hill, Glynn Rhodes, Steve Vollar, 2005
2
Danger in the Car Park
Zac, a character already established at this level, helps his mother with the grocery shopping. While returning to their car, he notices a little girl running out from between two parked vehicles!
Annette Smith, 2001
3
Recommendations for the Inspection, Maintenance and ...
This guide will help both owners and operators of multi-storey car parks and their professional advisers to provide, through implementation of Life-care Plans, safe car park structures and cost-effective inspection and maintenance with ...
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). National Steering Committee for the Inspection of Multi-storey Car Parks, 2002
4
Raiders of the Lost Car Park
Hugo Rune returns.
Robert Rankin, 1994
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UML 2002 - The Unified Modeling Language. Model Engineering, ...
We can see in this figure the car park, the two accesses and the display that are the four components forming the car park management system. The car park component manages the set of identified places. The cars are objects using this ...
Jean-Marc Jezequel, Heinrich Hussman, Stephen Cook, 2002
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Alkali-aggregate Reaction in Concrete Roads and Bridges
Charles Cross Car Park, Plymouth One of the first concrete structures in Great Britain to be identified as having alkali-silica reaction was a multi-storey concrete car park at Charles Cross, Plymouth. The car park was constructed in 1969-71 ...
Graham West, 1996
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The Business of iPhone and iPad App Development: Making and ...
Here are the number of relevant apps that were listed in the top 20 search results for the following keyword phrases: car park (14), find car (13), car locator (9), car finder (8), and parked car (8). Interestingly enough, car park delivered the best ...
Dave Wooldridge, Michael Schneider, 2011
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Designs on the Landscape: Everyday Landscapes, Values, and ...
Thus it is a good principle in rural areas that when the cars have gone the visitors' car park should not look like a car park (Photograph 8.19). So the key question is, when is a car park not a car park? One answer, if it is a well-drained firm area ...
R. A. Preece, 1991
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International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2007: ...
The parking time Tpj include the car park search time and the waiting time. The car park search time is the time a vehicle spends traveling within a park lot in order to find a space. The waiting time depends upon the vehicle's current location ...
China) International Conference on Transportation Engineering (2nd, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Xia Luo, Yanjun Qiu, Yun Pu, Qiyuan Peng, Qiyuan Peng, Kelvin C. P. Wang, 2009
10
The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits
Start/Finish: Glenmacnass Waterfall car park. Getting There: Glenmacnass Waterfall lies beside the Military Road between Laragh and Sally Gap. The car park is on top. THE ROUTE Tonelagee (toin le gaoth = back to the wind) Tonelagee is ...
Paddy Dillon, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAR PARK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term car park is used in the context of the following news items.
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Woman injured in car park bag-snatch - The West Australian
Karen, 44, was loading her shopping into her car at a shopping centre car park, facing Arnisdale Road when a man came up and approached ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
2
Car park owner plans for world where vehicles drive themselves
He's already installed a giant solar farm at the company's Clarence Dock car park in Leeds, and sees opportunities for growth across the UK ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
3
Stroud car park fire: Eyewitness account
LOLA Clark-Stone, 20, who lives on Bisley Road, Stroud, has described the moment she saw the fire in Church Street car park on Saturday ... «Stroud News and Journal, Jul 15»
4
Swansea City fans urged to sign up to car park plan in bid to curb …
Swansea City fans urged to sign up to car park plan in bid to curb illegal parking. By South Wales Evening Post | Posted: July 07, 2015. Swansea Council is ... «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
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Top floor of East Croydon multi-storey car park could be turned into …
If given the go-ahead by the council, promoters Cellar Door will turn the top of the Dingwall Road car park into an outdoor screening area, ... «Croydon Advertiser, Jul 15»
6
Welshpool train station to get bigger car park
A new 21-bay car park will open to deal with an increase in rail passengers using a new train service between Shropshire and Mid Wales. «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
7
White Mercedes van stolen from Margaretting Road car park in Writtle
Police are appealing for information about the theft of a van from Margaretting Road in Writtle. The white Mercedes Luton, number plate ... «Essex Chronicle, Jul 15»
8
Print factory on the Ramparts Road could soon become a car park
The existing vehicular entrance at the Ramparts will be closed and the new car park access will also serve the HSE building. Pedestrian access ... «Talk of the Town, Jul 15»
9
Police storm Leigh car park in search for gun: Four men arrested
One man received injuries, believed to be cuts and bruises, during the fracas which took place near a burger van in the car park. «Echo, Jul 15»
10
Salthouse car park to remain under district council control
The authority's decision comes after Clevedon Town Council voted to look into the possibility of taking over the running of the car park after ... «North Somerset Times, Jul 15»

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