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Central Park—Look at national park .

park 2 ЧР/ park / verb ( parks, park ing, parked)

to stop and leave a vehicle somewhere for a time

You can't park on this street.

My car is parked across from the bank.

► park • ing / ' parkig / noun [ noncount ]

The sign says "No Parking." I can't find a parking space.

par•ka / ' parka / noun [count]

a warm jacket or coat with a part that you pull up to cover your head (called a hood ) a ski parka

park • ing lot / ' parkig lat / noun [ count ]

an area or a building where you can leave your car for a time

park • ing me • ter / ' parkig |mitar / noun [count]

a machine beside the road that you put money into when you park your car next to it

park • ing tick • et / ' park₄ itikat / noun

[ count ]

a piece of paper that orders you to pay money ( called a fine ) for parking your car where it is not allowed

park • way / parkwei / noun [ count ]

a wide street with trees and grass along the sides or middle Rock Creek Parkway

The short way of writing "Parkway" in street names is Pkwy.

par • lia • ment / ' parlamant / noun [ count ]

( POLITICS ) the people that make the laws in some countries the Canadian parliament

par • lor / ' parlar / noun [count]

a store that sells a particular type of goods or services an ice cream parlor a beauty parlor

pa • ro • chi • al school / pa'roukial |skul /

noun [ count ]

a school that is connected with or run by a church par • o • dy / ' preradi / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural par • o • dies )

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a performance or a piece of writing, music, etc. that copies the style of someone or something in a funny way a parody of disaster movies

pa • role / pa ' roul / noun

[noncount]

permission that is given to a prisoner to leave prison early if he or she behaves well He is being released on parole .

par • rot / ' prerat / noun [count]

a bird with very bright feathers that can copy what people say

pars • ley / ' parsli / noun [ noncount ] a type of plant (called an herb ) with small green leaves, which you use in cooking or for decorating food

part 1 Ф / part / noun [ count ]

some, but not all of something; one of the pieces of something

We spent part of the day on the beach. Which part of New Jersey do you come from?

a piece of a machine

Is there a store near here that sells bicycle parts?

the person you are in a play or movie He played the part of Romeo.

a line in your hair that you make by brushing it in different directions using a plastic or metal thing (called a comb )

He has a side part. take part in something

to do something together with other people All the students took part in the concert.

part 2 / part / verb ( parts , part • ing , part • ed )

to go away from each other We parted at the airport.

to move apart, or to make things or people move apart She parted her lips but said nothing.

to make a line in your hair by brushing it in different directions using a plastic or metal thing (called a comb ) Do you part your hair on the left or right side?

part with something to give something to someone else, especially something that you would prefer to keep Read the contract very carefully before you part with any money.

part 3 / p art / adverb

not completely one thing and not completely another She's part French and part Chinese.

par • tial / ' parjl / adjective

not complete

The evening was only a partial success.

par • tial • ly / ' parjbli / adverb

The road was partially blocked by a fallen tree. —SYNONYM partly

par • tic • i • pant AWL / par'tisapant / noun [ count ]