self-parking
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Able to park itself. (Usually referring especially to automated parallel parking.)
Example Sentences
- "This car comes with self-parking and automatic lanekeeping."
- "Most cars with self-parking capability can't actually do it all themselves. These systems can locate a parallel (and in some cases a perpendicular or diagonal) parking spot upon activation by utilizing proximity sensors on the front, side, and rear of the vehicle; often, the tech requires activating a turn signal to indicate what side of the road it should look for a space."
- "They were amazed the first time they witnessed self-parking. It was as if a ghost were turning the steering wheel!"
- "A: Did the wedding have valet parking? B: No, it was self-parking, but the parking garage did have a section marked "reserved for wedding guests today"."
- "All these self-driving and self-parking cars! What a time to be alive!"