ˈcar park BrE AmE noun [countable] British English
1 . an area where people can park their cars SYN parking lot American English
2 . an enclosed building in a public place where people can park their cars SYN parking garage American English
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THESAURUS
▪ car park British English a place with spaces for people to park their cars, either outside or in a building:
I parked in the car park next to the hospital.
▪ parking lot American English a car park:
The hotel has an underground parking lot.
▪ multistorey British English , multistorey car park a building containing a car park of several levels:
The car park was a huge concrete multistorey.
▪ parking garage American English a multi-storey car park or an indoor, often underground, car park:
I scraped the car leaving the parking garage.
▪ parking space a space for one car in a car park:
There wasn’t a single parking space available.
▪ garage an indoor place for parking a car, attached to a house:
He reversed the car out of the garage.