parkade

[ pahr-keyd ]

noun

, Canadian.

1. a building or other construction designed for the parking of motor vehicles.

parkade

/ ˈpɑːkeɪd /

noun

1. a building used as a car park

Word History and Origins

Origin of parkade¹

Blend of park (v.) and arcade

Word History and Origins

Origin of parkade¹

C20: from park + ( arc ) ade

Example Sentences

The agency decal on the door boasted three parallel scratches as if it had been clawed by an animal rather than bumping into the concrete wall of the work parkade.

From Slate

Foreigners visiting Canada could rely on the Canadian Oxford to tell them that a “parkade” is a parking garage.

From Washington Post

All units at Avenue Bellevue, from the smallest studio up to penthouse homes, come with at least one parking stall in the underground parkade.

From Seattle Times

A “parkade” is a multilevel parking garage, found chiefly in Alberta and associated with the Hudson Bay department stores.

From The New Yorker

Johnson was the youth director at Parkade Baptist Church until February 2015, when administrators learned of the investigation and placed him on leave.

From Washington Times