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playground

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play·ground  (plground)
n.
1. An outdoor area set aside for recreation and play, especially one containing equipment such as seesaws and swings.
2. A field or sphere of unrestricted pleasurable activity: "Foreign affairs had been T.R.'s personal playground during his Presidency" John Dos Passos.

playground
Noun
1. an outdoor area for children's play, either with swings and slides, or adjoining a school
2. a place or activity enjoyed by a specified person or group: they oppose turning the island into a tourist playground
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.playgroundplayground - an area where many people go for recreation
resort hotel, spa - a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area
area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
holiday resort, resort, resort hotel - a hotel located in a resort area
spa, watering hole, watering place - a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
borscht belt, borscht circuit, borsht belt, borsht circuit - (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests; "many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit"
2.playground - yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
dandle board, seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board - a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
playground slide, sliding board, slide - plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
swing - mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
curtilage, grounds, yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
Translations
Spanish playground [ˈpleɪgraund] n (in school) → patio de recreo
French playground [ˈpleɪgraund] play ncour f de récréation;
(in park) → aire f de jeux

German playground [ˈpleɪgraund] play n (in park) → Spielplatz m;
(in school) → Schulhof m

Italian playground [ˈpleɪgraund] n (in school) → cortile m per la ricreazione;
(in park) → parco m giochi inv

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Of course, we elder ones would not have any of that nonsense, and let him know that in the school and the playground farmers' sons and laborers' sons were all alike.
So he encouraged Tom in his intimacy with the boys of the village, and forwarded it by all means in his power, and gave them the run of a close for a playground, and provided bats and balls and a football for their sports.
I'll just show you the playground, and then I'll leave you to shift for yourself.
 
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