park — OAT · Shobdo

park

noun

1 Yvonne and her friends were playing in the park:

public garden, recreation ground, playground, play area, public/municipal park.

2 a property set in fifty acres of park:

parkland, grassland, woodland, garden(s), lawns, grounds, estate;

literary greensward.

3 he was the liveliest player on the park:

playing field, football field, field;

British pitch.

verb

1 he parked his car outside Emma's house:

leave, station, position;

stop, pull up.

2 park your bag by the door:

put, put down, place, deposit, set, set down, leave, stick, shove, dump, plump;

informal plonk, plunk;

British, informal bung.

□ park oneself

he parked himself in the seat opposite:

sit down, seat oneself, settle (oneself), install oneself, plant oneself, ensconce oneself, plump oneself, plop oneself, flump, perch;

informal plonk oneself.