park : Idioms & Phrases

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acadia national park

  • noun a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast
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amusement park

  • noun a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
    funfair; pleasure ground.
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angle-park

  • verb park at an angle
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arches national park

  • noun a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion
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Artillery park, or Park of artillery

  • . (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them. (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected.
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badlands national park

  • noun a national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion; fossil sites
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belmont park

  • noun a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes
    Belmont.
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big bend national park

  • noun a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife
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biscayne national park

  • noun a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life
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bryce canyon national park

  • noun a national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions
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canyonlands national park

  • noun a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River
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capitol reef national park

  • noun a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife
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car park

  • noun a lot where cars are parked
    parking area; park; car park.
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carlsbad caverns national park

  • noun a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations
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central park

  • noun a large park in Manhattan
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channel islands national park

  • noun a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life
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crater lake national park

  • noun a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano
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denali national park

  • noun a large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault
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double-park

  • verb park a vehicle alongside another
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everglades national park

  • noun a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals
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gates of the arctic national park

  • noun a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier
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grand canyon national park

  • noun a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals
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grand teton national park

  • noun a national park in Wyoming featuring mountains
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great smoky mountains national park

  • noun a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States
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guadalupe mountains national park

  • noun a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas; includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds
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haleakala national park

  • noun a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano
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hawaii volcanoes national park

  • noun a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes
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hot springs national park

  • noun a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs; bathing is said to have therapeutic effects
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industrial park

  • noun a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories
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isle royal national park

  • noun a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines
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katmai national park

  • noun a national park in Alaska featuring mountains
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kenai fjords national park

  • noun a national park in Alaska having mountains and whale watching and ancient Indian copper mines
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kings canyon national park

  • noun a national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers
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kobuk valley national park

  • noun a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites
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lake clark national park

  • noun a national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites
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lassen volcanic national park

  • noun a national park in California having mountains and volcanic lakes and hot springs
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mammoth cave national park

  • noun a national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river
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memorial park

  • noun a tract of land used for burials
    graveyard; burial ground; cemetery; burying ground; burial site; necropolis.
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mesa verde national park

  • noun a national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscape
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mount ranier national park

  • noun a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps
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mungo park

  • noun Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)
    Park.
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national park

  • noun a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property
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national park service

  • noun an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks
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no-parking zone

  • noun a space where automobiles are not allowed to park
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north cascades national park

  • noun a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites
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olympic national park

  • noun a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens
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oyster park

  • noun a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
    oyster bank; oyster bed.
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parallel-park

  • verb park directly behind another vehicle
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park ave.

  • noun a fashionable residential street in New York City
    Park Ave..
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park avenue

  • noun a fashionable residential street in New York City
    Park Ave..
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park bench

  • noun a bench in a public park
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park commissioner

  • noun a commissioner in charge of public parks
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Park of artillery

  • . See under Artillery.
Webster 1913

Park phaeton

  • a small, low carriage, for use in parks.
Webster 1913

parking area

  • noun a lot where cars are parked
    parking area; park; car park.
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parking brake

  • noun a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
    emergency brake; hand brake; emergency.
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parking lot

  • noun a lot where cars are parked
    parking area; park; car park.
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parking meter

  • noun a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space; depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time
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parking space

  • noun a space where an automobile can be parked
    parking space.
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parking ticket

  • noun a ticket issued for parking in a restricted place
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parking zone

  • noun a space where an automobile can be parked
    parking space.
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petrified forest national park

  • noun a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees
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platt national park

  • noun a national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs
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redwood national park

  • noun a national park in California featuring a redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coastline
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rocky mountain national park

  • noun a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests
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rosa parks

  • noun United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
    Parks.
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safari park

  • noun an area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through
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sequoia national park

  • noun a national park in California that includes Mount Whitney
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serengeti national park

  • noun a national park in Tanzania created in 1951 to protect the wildlife
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shenandoah national park

  • noun a national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains
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theme park

  • noun an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)
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theodore roosevelt memorial national park

  • noun a national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch
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trailer park

  • noun a camp where space for house trailers can be rented; utilities are generally provided
    trailer camp.
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  • . An area equipped to accommodate trailers (2), often with outlets supplying electrical power and water. Called also trailer camp, trailer court.
Webster 1913

valet parking

  • noun a service provided (at a club or restaurant or airport etc.) whereby a patron leaves a car at the entrance and an attendant parks and retrieves it
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virgin islands national park

  • noun a national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals; sandy beaches and coral reefs
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voyageurs national park

  • noun a national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests
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wind cave national park

  • noun a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns
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wind park

  • noun a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
    wind energy facility; wind farm.
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wrangell-st. elias national park

  • noun the largest national park of the United States; located in Alaska
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yellowstone national park

  • noun the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears
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yosemite national park

  • noun a national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations
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zion national park

  • noun a national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers
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