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Plaza vs. Park

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Plazanoun

A town's public square.

Parknoun

An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.

Plazanoun

An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.

Parknoun

A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

Plazanoun

(North America) A strip mall.

Parknoun

A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.

‘Hyde Park in London;’; ‘Central Park in New York’;

Plazanoun

A public square in a city or town.

Parknoun

An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.

Plazanoun

a public square with room for pedestrians;

‘they met at Elm Plaza’; ‘Grosvenor Place’;

Parknoun

(US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.

Plazanoun

mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace;

‘a good plaza should have a movie house’; ‘they spent their weekends at the local malls’;

Parknoun

An area used for specific purposes.

Parknoun

An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.

‘a wagon park;’; ‘an artillery park’;

Parknoun

A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

Parknoun

An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.

‘business park;’; ‘industrial park;’; ‘science park’;

Parknoun

An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.

Parknoun

(UK) An inventory of matériel.

‘A country's tank park or artillery park.’;

Parknoun

A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

Parkverb

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

‘You can park the car in front of the house.’; ‘I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.’;

Parkverb

To defer (a matter) until a later date.

‘Let's park that until next week's meeting.’;

Parkverb

(transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.

‘to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.’;

Parkverb

(transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.

Parkverb

To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.

‘He really parked that one.’;

Parkverb

To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.

‘They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked.’;

Parkverb

To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.

‘He came in and parked himself in our living room.’; ‘Park your bags in the hall.’;

Parkverb

To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.

‘We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.’;

Parkverb

(Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)

Parkverb

To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.

Parkverb

To promenade or drive in a park.

Parkverb

To display style or gait on a park drive.

Parknoun

A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.

Parknoun

A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

‘While in the park I sing, the listening deerAttend my passion, and forget to fear.’;

Parknoun

A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.

Parknoun

A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.

Parknoun

A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

Parknoun

Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles.

Parknoun

A position of the gear lever in a vehicle with automatic transmission, used when the vehicle is stopped, in which the transmission is in neutral and a brake is engaged.

Parkverb

To inclose in a park, or as in a park.

‘How are we parked, and bounded in a pale.’;

Parkverb

To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.

Parkverb

In oyster culture, to inclose in a park.

Parkverb

To bring (a vehicle) to a stop and leave it standing; - typically a parked vehicle is off of the public road, the motor is not running, and the driver has left the vehicle.

Parkverb

To place (an object) in a temporary location; as, to park oneself on the couch; to park one's money in a mutual fund.

Parkverb

To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive.

Parkverb

To come to a stop [in a vehicle] off of the public road and leave the vehicle standing; - typically the motor of a parked vehicle is not left running; as, he parked in a no-parking zone.

Parknoun

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property;

‘there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park’;

Parknoun

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;

‘they went for a walk in the park’;

Parknoun

a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games);

‘take me out to the ballpark’;

Parknoun

Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)

Parknoun

a lot where cars are parked

Parknoun

a gear position that acts as a parking brake;

‘the put the car in park and got out’;

Parkverb

place temporarily;

‘park the car in the yard’; ‘park the children with the in-laws’; ‘park your bag in this locker’;

Parkverb

maneuver a vehicle into a parking space;

‘Park the car in front of the library’; ‘Can you park right here?’;

Park

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities.

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