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   Park

   /pärk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large public green area in a town, used for recreation: "a walk around the park" Similar public gardenrecreation groundplaygroundplay areapublic/municipal park
   • ▪ a large area of land kept in its natural state for public recreational use. US
   • ▪ a large enclosed piece of ground, typically with woodland and pasture, attached to a large country house: "the house is set in its own park" Similar parklandgrasslandwoodlandgarden(s)lawnsgroundsestateliterary:greensward
   • ▪ a large enclosed area of land used to accommodate wild animals in captivity: "penguin chicks are reared regularly at the park"
   • ▪ a stadium or enclosed area used for sports. North American
   • ▪ (in the western US) a broad, flat, mostly open area in a mountainous region. US
   • 2. an area devoted to a specified purpose: "an industrial park"
   • ▪ a parking lot or garage: British "a coach park"
   • 3. (in a car with automatic transmission) the position of the gear selector in which the gears are locked, preventing the vehicle's movement.

   verb

   • 1. bring (a vehicle that one is driving) to a halt and leave it temporarily, typically in a parking lot or by the side of the road: "he parked his car outside her house" Similar leavestationpositionstoppull up
   • 2. deposit and leave in a convenient place until required: informal "come on in, and park your bag by the door" Similar putput downplacedepositsetset downleavestickshovedumpplumpinformal:plonkplunkbung
   • ▪ sit down: "after dinner, we parked ourselves on a pair of couches"
   • 3. postpone consideration of (an idea or plan) until a later date: informal "could I suggest we park that suggestion for the moment?"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French parc, from medieval Latin parricus, of Germanic origin; related to German Pferch ‘pen, fold’, also to paddock. The word was originally a legal term designating land held by royal grant for keeping game animals: this was enclosed and therefore distinct from a forest or chase, and (also unlike a forest) had no special laws or officers. A military sense ‘space occupied by artillery, wagons, stores, etc., in an encampment’ (late 17th century) is the origin of the verb sense (mid 19th century) and of park (sense 2 of the noun) (early 20th century).

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