What does PlayGround mean?

Definitions for PlayGround
ˈpleɪˌgraʊndplay·ground

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. resort area, playground, vacation spotnoun

    an area where many people go for recreation

  2. playgroundnoun

    yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play

Wiktionary

  1. playgroundnoun

    A large open space to play on, usually for children.

  2. playgroundnoun

    A yard or other open-air space on a school campus where the children can play, especially during breaks

  3. playgroundnoun

    Small area with dedicated play equipment, usually for children

    The city park playgrounds offer various slides, tubes and swings.

  4. playgroundnoun

    Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.

    The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.

  5. Etymology: to play + ground

Wikipedia

  1. Playground

    A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people with disabilities. A playground might exclude children below (or above) a certain age. Modern playgrounds often have recreational equipment such as the seesaw, merry-go-round, swingset, slide, jungle gym, chin-up bars, sandbox, spring rider, trapeze rings, playhouses, and mazes, many of which help children develop physical coordination, strength, and flexibility, as well as providing recreation and enjoyment and supporting social and emotional development. Common in modern playgrounds are play structures that link many different pieces of equipment. Playgrounds often also have facilities for playing informal games of adult sports, such as a baseball diamond, a skating arena, a basketball court, or a tether ball. Public playground equipment installed in the play areas of parks, schools, childcare facilities, institutions, multiple family dwellings, restaurants, resorts, and recreational developments, and other areas of public use. A type of playground called a playscape is designed to provide a safe environment for play in a natural setting.

ChatGPT

  1. playground

    A playground is an outdoor or indoor area designed and equipped for children to play, typically featuring structures and equipment such as slides, swings, merry-go-rounds, climbing frames, and sandboxes. These areas are commonly established in parks, schools, and other public places for recreational activity and physical exercise.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Playgroundnoun

    a piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school

Wikidata

  1. Playground

    A playground, playpark, or play area is a place with a specific design for children to be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors. Modern playgrounds often have recreational equipment such as the seesaw, merry-go-round, swingset, slide, jungle gym, chin-up bars, sandbox, spring rider, monkey bars, overhead ladder, trapeze rings, playhouses, and mazes, many of which help children develop physical coordination, strength, and flexibility, as well as providing recreation and enjoyment. Common in modern playgrounds are play structures that link many different pieces of equipment. Playgrounds often also have facilities for playing informal games of adult sports, such as a baseball diamond, a skating arena, a basketball court, or a tether ball. Public playground equipment refers to equipment intended for use in the play areas of parks, schools, child care facilities, institutions, multiple family dwellings, restaurants, resorts, and recreational developments, and other areas of public use. A type of playground called a playscape is designed to provide a safe environment for play in a natural setting.

Editors Contribution

  1. playground

    A type of defined space created and designed in various colors, materials, play equipment, outdoor furniture, shapes, sizes and styles for children to interact and play together appropriate and proportionate to the environment and location.

    Playgrounds are a vital part of human life for children, their social interactions, play , health and well-being.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020  

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  1. playground

    The playground symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the playground symbol and its characteristic.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PlayGround in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PlayGround in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of PlayGround in a Sentence

  1. John Cho:

    Fans saved Star Trek back in the day and they sort of invented fandom and invented conventions, fan conventions so it seems poetic that we end up here on the 50th anniversary so to bring it straight to the fans who have given us our lives and our livelihood, comic Con is the ultimate playground for someone that's a fan boy or girl.

  2. Kaila Boulware Sykes:

    We took him there because they had hundreds of thousands of books, we wanted to give our son the experience of being in a literary playground.

  3. Mark Barden:

    People who have no reason to think about it( gun safety) but who find themselves at the playground will think about it, we hope people will think about how they can get involved in something that leads to solutions around this epidemic of gun violence.

  4. Boniface Mwangi:

    The governor, the senator and other government officials are all scared of the politician, they cannot do anything to stop the playground from the being taken.

  5. Lakeside Alliance:

    We have zero tolerance for any form of bias or hate on our worksite. Anti-bias training is included in our onboarding process and reiterated during site-wide meetings, we are suspending all operations onsite in order to provide another series of these trainings and conversations for all staff and workers. OBAMA BREAKS GROUND IN CHICAGO FOR MASSIVE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER PROJECT The Obama Presidential Center under construction on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood. ( Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Lakeside Alliance is offering a reward of $ 100,000 for help, according to NBC 5. The Obama Presidential Center will reportedly include a museum, public library, athletic center, children’s playground and test kitchen. The Obama Presidential Center is being financed mostly through private donations.

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