1a large public garden or area of land used for recreation:a walk round the parka country park
a large enclosed piece of ground attached to a country house:the house is set in its own park
(also wildlife park) a large enclosed area of land used to accommodate wild animals in captivity:penguin chicks are reared regularly at the parka panda cub is drawing the crowds at a wildlife park
(the park) British informal (in soccer) the pitch:he was the liveliest player on the park
North American an enclosed sports ground.
2 [with adjective or noun modifier] an area devoted to a specified purpose:an industrial park
[with modifier] chiefly British an area for motor vehicles to be left in:a coach park
3 [mass noun] (in a car with automatic transmission) the position of the gear selector in which the gears are locked, preventing the vehicle’s movement.
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Universal
bring (a vehicle that one is driving) to a halt and leave it temporarily, typically in a car park or by the side of the road:he parked his car outside her house [no object]:he couldn’t find anywhere to park
[with object and adverbial of place] informal leave (something) in a convenient place until required:come on in, and park your bag by the door
(park oneself) informal sit down:after dinner, we parked ourselves on a pair of couches
informal postpone consideration of (an idea or plan) until a later date:could I suggest we park that suggestion for the moment?
