parking lot

noun4

1. •
   (US, Canada) A designated area, usually outdoors and divided into marked spaces, intended for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.

   • Should we park in that parking lot, or in the garage up the street?
2. •
   (US, figurative) A road blocked by stop-start traffic.

   • The 101 was a parking lot again today.
3. •
   (US, figurative) A place in a state of complete destruction, especially one achieved through military means.

   • America believed it had smashed Israel’s greatest enemy and turned Iraq into a parking lot, so now Israel could take risks it had never been able to take before. — 1992
4. •
   (figurative) A holding area in which to set aside some question or concern for likely future consideration.

   • Let's put this question in the parking lot for now, and we'll follow up on it later this week.