parking
- car park
Don't use the word ‘parking’ to refer to a place where cars are parked. Instead, say car park in British English and parking lot in American English.
We parked in the car park next to the theatre.
The high school parking lot was filled with cars.
A building with several levels for parking cars is called a parking garage in American English, and a multi-storey car park in British English.
Parking is used only to refer to the action of parking your car, or to the state of being parked.
Parking in the city centre is very difficult.
He put a ‘No Parking’ sign on the gates.