park

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ local, neighbourhood/neighborhood (esp. AmE)

▪ city, downtown (AmE), municipal, urban

▪ public

▪ country (BrE)

▪ county (AmE), national, state (AmE)

▪

The mountain has been designated as a national park.

▪

the national parks system

▪ beautiful

▪ historic

▪ 25-acre, 45-acre, etc.

▪ dog (AmE)

▪ memorial, sculpture

▪ waterfront

▪ game, marine, safari (esp. BrE), wildlife

▪ amusement, leisure (BrE), recreational (esp. AmE), theme, water

▪ indoor, outdoor (both AmE)

▪

an indoor park for skateboarders

▪ ball (usually ballpark), baseball (both AmE)

▪ skate, skateboard

▪ mobile-home (esp. AmE), RV (AmE), trailer (esp. AmE)

▪ business, industrial, office (esp. AmE), retail (BrE)

VERB + PARK

▪ go to, visit

▪

They go to the park most Sundays.

▪ design, landscape, lay out

▪

a beautifully landscaped park

▪ build, create, develop

▪

He built parks and highways in New York.

▪ manage

▪

a park managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation

▪ overlook

▪

a cafe overlooking the park

PARK + NOUN

▪ bench

▪ entrance

▪ boundary

▪ area

▪ service, system (AmE)

▪

I work as a ranger in the city's park system.

▪ parks department

▪

She works for the parks department.

▪ employee, manager, official, ranger

▪

The lion was shot dead by a park ranger.

▪ visitor

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the park

▪

We met at Hyde Park. (BrE)

▪ in a/the park

▪

They went for a walk in the park.

▪

We met in Central Park.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully

▪ neatly

▪

All the cars were neatly parked on the street.

▪ badly

▪ quickly

▪ illegally (esp. BrE)

▪

Motorists parked illegally are fined £50.

Park is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑caravan, ↑truck

Park is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bicycle, ↑bike, ↑car, ↑motorcycle, ↑truck, ↑van, ↑vehicle