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say it: pahrk
park is a noun and verb meaning "a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property". It carries 8 recorded senses.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
“there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park”
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
“they went for a walk in the park”
Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)
a lot where cars are parked
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for park come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.