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Is carpark a single word?

My intuition and the Oxford Dictionary of English (2005) say two words.



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Instead, say car park in British English and parking lot in American English. We parked in the car park next to the theatre. The high school parking lot was filled with cars. A building with several levels for parking cars is called a parking garage in American English, and a multi-storey car park in British English.

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My intuition and the Oxford Dictionary of English (2005) say two words. carpark.

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Don't use the word `parking' to refer to a place where cars are parked. Instead, say car park in British English and parking lot in American English. We parked in the car park next to the theatre. The high school parking lot was filled with cars.

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A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle and bicycle parking and where there are a number ...

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Synonyms of car park (noun series of spots for motor vehicle parking) garage. park. parking garage. stable.

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Hire is more common in British English and rent is more common in American English. We hired a car from a local car agency and drove across the island. He rented a car for the weekend. If you make a series of payments in order to use something for a long period, you say that you rent it.

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Similar to necking, parking is a slang term for “the act of kissing and caressing in a parked car.” This usage was most popular in the '40s and '50s, likely due to the rise of car culture and drive-in movie theaters changing the landscape of dating.

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A garage sale, though exist are not very popular. Normally people go to “car boot sales”. Essentially the same thing, people fill their car boot (trunk) with stuff they wanna sell and then take it to an allocated spot normally in a field.

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