parc

Noun

park (plural parks)

1. 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.
   • She went to the park for a jog with him.
2. 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

   Synonyms:

   courtyard, garden, plaza

3. An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
4. (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
   • The mountain region thus limited consists of extensive and often level-floored valleys, sometimes many miles broad, and elevated 4,000 to 5,000 feet above the sea, called "parks" in local topography, which are interposed between innumerable rocky mountain ridges ....1878, The San Francisco Western Lancet. a Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, volume 7, number 3
5. An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
   • a wagon park; an artillery park
6. A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

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