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View synonyms for playground

playground

[ pley-ground ]

noun

  1. an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
  2. Informal. any place, environment, or facility used for recreation or amusement, as a resort:

    The tropical island is an international playground for the rich.

  3. an arena of operation or activity.


playground

/ ˈpleɪˌɡraʊnd /

noun

  1. an outdoor area for children's play, esp one having swings, slides, etc, or adjoining a school
  2. a place or region particularly popular as a sports or holiday resort
  3. a sphere of activity

    reading was his private playground



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Word History and Origins

Origin of playground1

First recorded in 1770–80; play + ground 1

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Example Sentences

And in the summer months, when shootings soar, the city can be a ghoulish playground for those interested in the macabre.

It was just the anonymous artist and his group of pranksters using New York as their unofficial playground.

A personal favorite is “C Is For Cookie” for guiding me through a 1994 playground debate over how to spell the word.

She toddled off to the playground, still jabbering to herself, evoking giggles from the Hawa staff.

Before we are introduced to Singer and her daughter, the program takes us to a playground in San Francisco.

Dinner was over; the boys rushed into the playground; neither the yeast dumplings nor the salt beef stuck in their throats.

The afternoon was drawing on; they all hurried out into the playground, having got hold of every hoop to be found.

It was afternoon; the boys were playing at different games in the green playground, and he was waiting for his turn at rounders.

The boys in the playground came crowding round, and Barker in vain struggled to escape.

He pushed fiercely through the knot of boys, and strode as quickly as he could along the playground, angry and impenitent.

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