PARK


Meaning of PARK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɑ:(r)k ]

( parks, parking, parked)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A park is a public area of land with grass and trees, usually in a town, where people go in order to relax and enjoy themselves.

...Regent’s Park...

They stopped and sat on a park bench.

N-COUNT

2.

When you park a vehicle or park somewhere, you drive the vehicle into a position where it can stay for a period of time, and leave it there.

Greenfield turned into the next side street and parked...

He found a place to park the car...

Ben parked across the street.

...rows of parked cars.

VERB : V , V n , V prep / adv , V-ed

see also double-park

3.

You can refer to a place where a particular activity is carried out as a park .

...a science and technology park.

...a business park.

N-COUNT : supp N

4.

A private area of grass and trees around a large country house is referred to as a park . ( BRIT )

...a 19th century manor house in six acres of park and woodland.

N-VAR

5.

see also parked , amusement park , ballpark , car park , national park , safari park , theme park

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.