park

noun

• 1a large public garden or area of land used for recreation:a walk round the park a 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 park a 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.

verb

• 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?