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
- 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
Words or expressions associated with your search
- amorous play
- baseball player
- be displayed
- bit player
- bonehead play
- by-play
- by plays
- by-plays
- byplay
- call into play
- call the play
- calling the play
- calls into play
- calls play
- carillon playing
- cassette player
- CD player
- CD players
- computer display
- defeated player
- display
- display program
- displaying
- displays
- fair play
- fireworks display
- foreplay
- games player
- give a play
- grandstand play
- Hail Mary play
- hail mary plays
- have to play catch up
- hookey player
- horseplay
- in play
- interplay
- key player
- key players
- level playing field
- long-playing record
- make a play for
- MP3 player
- neighborhood playhouse
- on display
- overplay
- overplayed
- photoplay
- play
- play a part
- play a waiting game
- play-actor
- play actor
- play against
- play around
- play at
- play ball
- play ball with
- play by ear
- play by play
- play down
- play fair
- play false
- play first fiddle
- play for
- play for time
- play games
- play games with
- play hooky
- play into
- play Judas
- play of fancy
- play on
- play second fiddle
- play the game
- play the market
- play the ponies
- play trick on
- play tricks
- play truant
- play up
- play up to
- play with fire
- playactor
- playboy
- played
- played out
- played-out
- player
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playgoer
- playground
- playgroup
- playhouse
- playing
- playing area
- playing games
- playing it cool
- playing politics
- playing safe
- playing with fire
- playoff game
- playroom
- plaything
- playtime
- puppet play
- pyrotechnics display
- re played
- re playing
- replay
- roll over and play dead
- splay
- take out of play
- tape player
- team play
- team player
- team players
- utility player
- video display terminal
- video display unit
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