Meaning & use
industrial park
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Meaning
nouncountable
A large area of land planned and set aside for factories, warehouses and other businesses.
Grammar: Countable: an industrial park, two industrial parks.
Patterns
- in an industrial park
- build an industrial park
The company moved to a new industrial park outside the city.
Trucks fill the industrial park each morning.
The council approved plans for an industrial park near the highway.
Word forms
| plural | industrial parks |
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Common combinations
- in an industrial park
- Her office is in an industrial park.
- local industrial park
- The local industrial park employs 3,000 people.
- build an industrial park
- They plan to build an industrial park on the old farmland.
- industrial park tenant
- Each industrial park tenant pays rent.
- modern industrial park
- A modern industrial park includes fiber internet.
Synonyms and how they differ
- industrial estate
- Industrial estate is the British term with the same meaning.
- business park
- Business park suggests offices more than factories.
- industrial zone
- Industrial zone is a land-use area on a map, which may not be a planned complex.
- trading estate
- Trading estate is British and often includes shops and wholesalers.
Opposites
Word family
- industry noun
- manufacturing and production
- industrial adjective
- relating to industry
- industrialize verb
- to develop industries
Commonly confused: industrial park or theme park?
industrial park vs theme park
A theme park is for entertainment; an industrial park is for businesses.
Practice
Many factories and warehouses are located in the ___ outside town.
Choose one answer.
An industrial park is an area planned for businesses. A public park is green space, a theme park is entertainment, and a car park holds vehicles.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “industrial park”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.