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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

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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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of playground1

First recorded in 1770–80; play + ground 1
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Also on Friday, Bass announced that a Palisades playground damaged in the fire would be restored thanks to a nearly $1 million donation from benefit concert initiative FireAid, and contributions from others.

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The volunteers cleared the playground only to find freshly discarded bags of waste the next day.

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Images from the scene showed at least one victim lying in a playground cordoned off by police.

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Black bowls through the movie like the king of the sandbox, the lord of the playground, rallying the rest of us to join him on a quest that he’s made up on the spot.

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One of those Palisades families, Brian and Lindsay Weissert, watched their family move from the playground to the small fields in front to the bigger gyms in the back.

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