"car park" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑːpɑːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑɹ ˌpɑːɹk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-car park.wav [US] Forms: car parks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} car park (plural car parks)
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) An outdoor area or a building where cars may be parked. Tags: Australia, British, Hong-Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore
    Sense id: en-car_park-en-noun-Jst~i37T Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Hong Kong English, Irish English, Malaysian English, Singapore English
  2. (British, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) An outdoor area or a building where cars may be parked.
    (Australia, New Zealand) A rectangular section, usually marked by painted lines, designated for the parking of a single car.
    Tags: Australia, British, Hong-Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Singapore Synonyms: parking spot [US], parking place, parking space [Australia, US], park [New-Zealand], parking bay [Australia, UK], parkade [Canada, South-Africa, West]
  3. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, figuratively, humorous) A road with serious traffic congestion preventing the movement of vehicles. Tags: Australia, British, Hong-Kong, Ireland, New-Zealand, Singapore, figuratively, humorous Categories (topical): Road transport
    Sense id: en-car_park-en-noun-rt3JrZmw Disambiguation of Road transport: 19 28 53 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Hong Kong English, Irish English, New Zealand English, Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 27 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (area): parking lot [Malaysia, North-America, Philippines] Synonyms (building): parking garage [North-America]
Disambiguation of 'area': 50 50 0 Disambiguation of 'building': 50 50 0

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