park

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A public area of grass and trees in a town where people relax and play.

   They went for a walk in the park after lunch.

2. 2
   verb

   To leave a vehicle in a particular place for a time.

   He parked the car in front of the house.

3. 3
   noun

   A large area of land kept in its natural state and protected for the public.

   There are strict laws that protect the wildlife in the national park.

Common collocations

• local park Adjective + noun
• visit a park Verb + noun
• national park Adjective + noun
• public park Adjective + noun
• park a car Verb + noun
• urban park Adjective + noun

From Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen, fence”). Cognate with Dutch perk (“enclosure; flowerbed”), Old High German pfarrih, pferrih (“enclosure, pen”), Old English pearroc (“enclosure”) (whence modern English paddock), Old Norse parrak, parak (“enclosure, pen; distress, anxiety”), Icelandic parraka (“to keep pent in under restraint and coercion”). More at parrock, paddock.

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