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Noun: Parks- United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (1913-2005)
- Rosa Parks Noun: park paa(r)k- A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
"there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park"; - parkland - A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
"they went for a walk in the park"; - commons, common, green - (baseball) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
"take me out to the park"; - ballpark [N. Amer] - A lot where cars are parked
- parking lot, car park [Brit], parking area - A gear position that acts as a parking brake
"the put the car in park and got out" Verb: park paa(r)k- Place temporarily
"park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" - (driving) manoeuvre a vehicle into a parking space
"Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?"
See also: parked Type of: arena, bowl, channelise [Brit], channelize, civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, direct, gear, gear mechanism, guide, head, lay, lot, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, place, point, pose, position, put, set, sports stadium, stadium, steer, tract Part of: populated area, urban area Encyclopedia: Parks, Arizona Parks, Arkansas Parks Parks, AZ Parks, Jim Parks, Nebraska Parks, Rosa Lee Parks, LA Parks, Louisiana Park, Grace Park, County Londonderry Park, Indiana Park, Kansas Park, KS Park, Abbey of the Park Park, Afghanistan Park, County Derry Park, California Park, Seo Bo Park, Ryan Inc Park, Texas Park, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Park, Virginia Park, Merthyr Tydfil Park, Manitoba Park, No-Ja Park, Outer Hebrides Park, Nottinghamshire |