Synonyms for playground


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pley-ground
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd


Définition of playground

Origin :
  • 1780, from play (v.) + ground (n.). Old English had plegstow "village sports ground," literally "place for play."
  • noun recreation area
Example sentences :
  • It was now that Globson, Bully no more, sought me out in the playground.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • If large enough it should include tennis courts and a playground.
  • Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson
  • He may look over the wall and see our playground: who knows?
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • He knew how to play as well as to study, and his laugh on the playground was as merry as any.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • The Poor Boy is off to his playground, and it's time you got ready for your walk.
  • Extract from : « If You Touch Them They Vanish » by Gouverneur Morris
  • And the playground and the play-hour are not enough for a play of that kind.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • He had long since become too valuable in the playground to be left to follow his own devices.
  • Extract from : « The Crofton Boys » by Harriet Martineau
  • "I wonder how it is there is so little noise from the playground here," said Hugh.
  • Extract from : « The Crofton Boys » by Harriet Martineau
  • What emotions have you observed on the playground that needed restraint?
  • Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
  • The historical school was a playground of traps and pitfalls.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

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