Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A multilevel structure for parking motor vehicles.
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- noun Canada A multi-level parking garage.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The company responsible for the parkade is willing to pay for repairs.
Buy at Sears, But Only If You Want Attitude « Colleen Anderson 2009
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Mackey said the parkade was a step towards realising
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So I begin a third time to say, I was in a parkade and the coat was damaged.
Buy at Sears, But Only If You Want Attitude « Colleen Anderson 2009
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I guess I cain't look for him at that fancy downtown parkade.
We don't want your kind here Tyler 2009
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Hope said she saw a parkade on fire and cars ablaze.
Vancouver Riot PHOTOS: Frustration Over Canucks Loss Spills Into Downtown Streets 2011
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I love the town square, which converges on a central parkade where tourists and locals alike hang out.
Oneika Raymond: In Love With My Adopted City: Antigua, Guatemala Oneika Raymond 2011
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Just saw a sign in a downtown parkade proclaiming "No skateboarding, no animals, no soliciting, no vagrants."
We don't want your kind here Tyler 2009
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I love the town square, which converges on a central parkade where tourists and locals alike hang out.
Oneika Raymond: In Love With My Adopted City: Antigua, Guatemala Oneika Raymond 2011
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Hope said she saw a parkade on fire and cars ablaze.
Vancouver Riot PHOTOS: Frustration Over Canucks Loss Spills Into Downtown Streets 2011
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I love the town square, which converges on a central parkade where tourists and locals alike hang out.
Oneika Raymond: In Love With My Adopted City: Antigua, Guatemala Oneika Raymond 2011
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But others were regional, like “parkade,” a Western Canadian term for parking garage, and “steamie,” a steamed hot dog in Quebec.
Katherine Barber, Who Defined Canadian English, Is Dead at 61 By 2021
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