Definitions for playground
ˈpleɪˌgraʊndplay·ground

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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

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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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Playgroundnoun

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

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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.

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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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1. • Area
   • Yard

How to pronounce playground?

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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. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   Any political affiliation is not a playground for personal interests. People can play with you up to the extent of endangering their lives. But the will to keep on playing is how the game is being played?

2. Eric Hoffer:

   The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.

3. 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.

4. Charles Gerba:

   We tested soccer balls and they're loaded with E. coli because the balls are rolling around on the dog poop on the playground, and then the kids are on the monkey bars which birds use as a public toilet. The first thing you should have any kid do when they come home from the playground is wash their hands.

5. The DOJ:

   The officers believed that they were responding to a playground where a grown man was brandishing a real gun at individuals, presumably including children.

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