An area providing additional space in which to leave vehicles if the main car park is full.
talks are underway about overflow car parks if required
Example sentencesExamples
On the best day for the weather, they spilled over into an overflow car park.
Last year the main car park was closed off in the early morning and now the same will apply to the overflow car park.
The intention was to convert the ground floor of a house into a farm shop, replace and enlarge the garden centre and coffee shop, and landscape an overflow car park.
The proposed new venue is currently used as an overflow car park.
The projected redevelopment could mean the end of the overflow car park at holiday times.
"We couldn't believe how many people came, we had to use two overflow car parks to get everyone in," he said.
The overflow car park was rammed.
Three double decker buses will run every 20 minutes between an overflow car park and the auction mart.
We were late, and were directed to an overflow car park in a field, full of potholes and cowpats.
We cannot afford to lose this valuable and well-used overflow car park.
Definition of overflow car park in US English:
overflow car park
noun
British
An area providing additional space in which to leave vehicles if the main parking lot is full.
talks are underway about overflow car parks if required
Example sentencesExamples
The overflow car park was rammed.
The intention was to convert the ground floor of a house into a farm shop, replace and enlarge the garden centre and coffee shop, and landscape an overflow car park.
We were late, and were directed to an overflow car park in a field, full of potholes and cowpats.
"We couldn't believe how many people came, we had to use two overflow car parks to get everyone in," he said.
The proposed new venue is currently used as an overflow car park.
On the best day for the weather, they spilled over into an overflow car park.
Last year the main car park was closed off in the early morning and now the same will apply to the overflow car park.
The projected redevelopment could mean the end of the overflow car park at holiday times.
We cannot afford to lose this valuable and well-used overflow car park.
Three double decker buses will run every 20 minutes between an overflow car park and the auction mart.