| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | park·ing |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pär k ng |
| NOUN: | 1. The act or practice of temporarily leaving a vehicle or maneuvering a vehicle into a certain location. 2. Space in which to park vehicles or a vehicle: ample parking behind the building. 3. Upper Midwest & Western U.S. The grass strip, often planted with shade trees, between a sidewalk and a street. Also called Regional boulevard strip, Regional grassplot, Regional neutral ground, Regional parking strip, Regional parkway, Regional terrace, Regional tree belt, Regional tree lawn. 4. Slang Kissing or caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot. Also called regionally Regional boulevard. | | REGIONAL NOTE: | To the majority of Americans, the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street is called simply the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street. However, in some parts of the country, it has acquired specific names. In the Midwest and West, it is often called the parking or parkway, and in Washington State it is the parking strip, according to the survey conducted by the Dictionary of American Regional English. In the Upper Midwest, it is also known as the boulevard or boulevard strip; around the Great Lakes and in the Midwest, it is sometimes a terrace; around the Great Lakes and in especially northeastern Ohio, it is also called a tree lawn. In Massachusetts it is a tree belt; in the Atlantic states, sometimes a grassplot; and in Louisiana and Mississippi, neutral ground. Some of these words are also used for the grassy strip in the middle of a street or highway. See Note at neutral ground.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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