Park definition
Park is a noun meaning "a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property." It has 7 meanings, as a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Park as a noun
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
"there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park"
Same sense: parkland
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
"they went for a walk in the park"
a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
Same sense: ballpark
a lot where cars are parked
Same sense: car park, parking lot, parking area
a gear position that acts as a parking brake
"they put the car in park and got out"
Park as a verb
place temporarily
"park the car in the yard"
maneuver a vehicle into a parking space
"Park the car in front of the library"
Synonyms and antonyms
- parkland
- common definition
- green definition
- commons
- ballpark
- car park
- parking lot
- parking area
How to say park
Park has 1 syllable and rhymes with mark. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with park
- mark
- dark
- arc
- shark
- marc
- stark
- spark
- landmark
- trademark
- bark
- ark
- monarch
PARK in word games
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Anagrams
- 0
Is PARK a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PARK in the word checker, or unscramble PARK to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.