Meaning of parking lot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. park
2. A parking area, generally paved and open-air (sometimes with limited overhead covering), where automobiles may be left when not in use.
   Canada, Malaysia, Philippines, US
3. A road blocked by stop-start traffic.
   US, figuratively, humorous
4. ammo
5. A holding area in which to set aside some question or concern for likely future consideration.
   especially, figuratively
6. A place in a state of complete destruction, especially one achieved through military means.
   US, figuratively

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Examples

“Meronyms: parking space, parking spot, parking place”

“Should we park in that parking lot, or in the garage up the street?”

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

“Once there were parking lots / Now it's a peaceful oasis”

“The 101 was a parking lot again today.”

“Let's put this question in the parking lot for now, and we'll follow up on it later this week.”

“America believed it had smashed Israel’s greatest enemy and turned Iraq into a parking lot, so now Israel could take risks it had never been able to take before.”

“I was one of the people understanding the need to turn Afghanistan into a parking lot on the way to finding Bin Laden and bringing him to justice.”

“Eager for “round two,” a member of Israel’s regional council adjoining Gaza exhorted the military that next time they should “flatten Gaza into a parking lot, destroy them.””

“While the former called for end to the fighting in Gaza in his first Sunday address, Mr. Prevost said that after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israelis by members of Hamas, “I’d have flattened Gaza and made it a parking lot.””

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