park

/pɑrk/

/pɑk/

Other forms: parking; parked

A park is an outdoor green space that people use for recreation. People can also park a car, which is to pull into a parking space and stop. Just don’t park your car in a park. Unless you’re a squirrel.

A city park usually has playgrounds, sports fields, walking paths, grass, and trees. There are also larger tracts of wild public land also known as parks, and these often have hiking trails, mountains, or bodies of water. Park is a verb too, meaning "drive into a parking space," so you could park your scooter at the park. Originally this verb referred exclusively to military vehicles, but by 1844 you could park any vehicle at all.

Definitions of park

1. noun

   a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
   “they went for a walk in the park”

   synonyms: common, commons, green

   examples:

   Central Park

   a large park in Manhattan

   types:

   amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground

   an entertainment venue with stalls, shows, rides, and games

   village green

   a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land

   theme park

   an amusement park that is organized around some theme, such as "the world of tomorrow"

   type of:

   parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

   an extended area of land
2. noun

   a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
   “there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park”

   synonyms: parkland

   types:

   national park

   a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property

   safari park

   an area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through

   type of:

   parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

   an extended area of land
3. noun

   a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
   synonyms: ballpark

   type of:

   arena, bowl, sports stadium, stadium

   a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
4. verb

   maneuver a vehicle into a parking space
   “Can you park right here?”

   types:

   angle-park

   park at an angle

   parallel-park

   park directly behind another vehicle

   double-park

   park a vehicle alongside another

   type of:

   channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer

   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
5. verb

   place temporarily
   “park the car in the yard”

   “park the children with the in-laws”

   “park your bag in this locker”

   type of:

   lay, place, pose, position, put, set

   put into a certain place or abstract location
6. noun

   a gear position that acts as a parking brake
   type of:

   gear, gear mechanism

   a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
7. noun

   a lot where cars are parked
   synonyms: car park, parking area, parking lot

   types:

   used-car lot

   a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale

   type of:

   lot

   a parcel of land having fixed boundaries