Playground
['pleɪgraʊnd] or ['ple'graʊnd]
Definition
(noun.) yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play.
Editor: Sweeney--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
Edited by Diana
Examples
- We entered the playground enclosure, and walked by the schoolroom window to get round to the door, which was situated at the back of the building. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why, lord set you up like a corner pin, we've a reg'lar playground o' children here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There was an old door in this playground, on which the boys had a custom of carving their names. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But I remember that this importance was a kind of satisfaction to me, when I walked in the playground that afternoon while the boys were in school. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Here I am in the playground, with my eye still fascinated by him, though I can't see him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No youthful congregation of gallant-hearted boys thronged the portal of the college; sad silence pervaded the busy school-room and noisy playground. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The dance halls, the social centers, the playgrounds, the reception of strangers--these can become instruments for civilizing sexual need. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checked by Elmer