Playground

Definition: Playground

Playground

Noun

1. An area where many people go for recreation.

2. Yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "playground" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Playground

Amusement

Park, plaisance; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) a; arbor; garden; (horticulture); pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground; tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum, skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe.

Arena

Noun: arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards; (playhouse); amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso, turf, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars; campus.

Crosswords: Playground

Playground equipment (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I'd rather trust a nonce in a playground than you, Fenner (Bad Girls; writing credit: Phil Ford)

The world is your playground and you want to win (Leaving Town; performing artist: Dexter Freebish)

Next day I chased her around the playground (Check Yes Or No; performing artist: George Strait)

Through the playground bars (12 Year Old With A Gun; performing artist: The Jets)

The Devil's Playground (1974)

Silent Playground (1964)

Violent Playground (1958)

Sportsmen's Playground (1952)

The Devil's Playground (1946)

This Used To Be My Playground (performing artist: Madonna)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Exercise, Gymnastic and Playground Equipment in Mexico: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

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Books

• God's Playground, Volume 1 (reference)

• Heaven Is a Playground (reference)

• Palm Springs Babylon: Sizzling Stories from the Desert Playground of the Stars (reference)

• Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of the School-Age Child (reference)

• The King of the Playground (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Todays Playground (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Devil's Playground (reference)

• Slam from the Street, Vol. 2 - Playground All-Stars (reference)

• The Devil's Playground (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Vol. 1-World Playground (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Creatures Playground (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Playground Walker - Baby Looney Tunes (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Playground at Shotgun Park. Credit: D. Huntington.

Playground of the Oaks Hotel, Hammond, La. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mississippi. Biloxi. School building and children on playground. Credit: Library of Congress.

Children swinging in a playground or park. Credit: Library of Congress.

Boys' playground, Central Park, New York, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Girls on the playground. Credit: Library of Congress.

Front yard and playground, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Playground scene, Irwinville School, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

School playground (PS 122), Kingsbridge Rd. and Bailey Ave., Bronx. Playground I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Children at play on grounds of Washington Child Research Center. Children on playground fort I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

He broke into a run and, running quicker and quicker, ran across the cinderpath and reached the third line playground, panting

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Through language, they also learn how to behave-not just in the schoolroom, but also on the playground. (references)

Contact is common during play at school and at home (slumber parties, sports activities, at camp, on a playground). (references)

Avoid head-to-head contact common during play at school and at home (slumber parties, sports activities, at camp, on a playground). (references)

Business

Fitness equipment falls under HS code 9506910000 (gymnasium, playground or other exercise articles and equipment, parts and accessories thereof) and pays 23 percent import duty and 0.5 percent statistics fee when imported from non-Mercosur member countries, such as the U.S. note that fitness equipment imported from Mercosur member countries (Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) pay no import duty and no statistics fee on entering the Argentine market. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

In 2000 hotels witnessed a rise in income: five star USD 49.6 million, four star USD 11.4 million, three star USD 7.7, two star USD 5.2, one star USD 1.4. In addition to the major projects listed below, Bahrain also presents a market for arcade games, indoor playground equipment, and rides for play areas across the country. (references)

Bahrain

In addition, there are significant opportunities for U.S. restaurant franchises, marketing consultants, and providers of hotel and restaurant services and equipment, indoor playground equipment, and video arcade games. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "playground": adventure playground ♦ playground ball. Additional references.

Afrikaans

baan (course, orbit, path, race-course, road, route, running, running track, track, trajectory, way, width). (various references)

Albanian

shesh lojërash (pitch, playing field, pleasure ground). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملعب (court, field). (various references)

Bulgarian 

средище (center, centre), спортна площадка (playfield, playing field), място за забавление, игрище (lawn, pitch, playfield, playing field, recreation ground, sports ground). (various references)

Chinese 

運動場 (exercise yard), 操场, 操場 (sports field). (various references)

Czech

hřiště, dìtské hřištì. (various references)

Danish

legeplads (play field, playing field). (various references)

Dutch

speelplaats (play field, playing field), speelterrein (sports ground). (various references)

Esperanto

ludejo. (various references)

Faeroese

spælipláss. (various references)

Farsi 

تفریحگاه , زمین بازی . (various references)

Finnish

pihamaa (yard), leikkikenttä, kisakenttä (athletic field). (various references)

French

terrain de jeux (play field, playing field), cour de récréation, aire de jeux (play field, playing field). (various references)

Frisian

boartersplak. (various references)

German

Spielplatz (court, playing field). (various references)

Greek 

παιδική χαρά. (various references)

Hebrew 

מגרש משחקים, גן שעשועים. (various references)

Hungarian

játszótér (play-field, Plaza, recreation area). (various references)

Italian

piazzale di giuoco (play field, playing field), terreno di gioco, cortile per recreazioni, campo da giuoco (play field, playing field). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

遊び場　, 遊び場 , プレート電流 (placement test, plain, plain soda, plain yoghurt, plane, planing, plate current, play, play ball, playback, playboy, player, playgirl, play-mode, pray, prayer, precious, pre-incubation, preschool, prescoring, president, press, press campaign, press center, press club, press conference, press release, pressed ham, prestige, presto, prey, progressive, pro-Olympic). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プレイグランド , あそびば. (various references)

Korean 

운동장. (various references)

Manx

boayl cloie. (various references)

Pig Latin

aygroundplay.(various references)

Portuguese

praça (cabrank, cabs, cabstand, circus, pawn, piazza, plaza, praam, pram, public square, soldier, square), recreio (amusement, break, fun, play, recess, recreation). (various references)

Russian 

площадка для игр (court, pleasure ground, recreation ground). (various references)

Sepedi

lebala la dipapadi. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

igralište (court, field, playfield, playing field, tennis court). (various references)

Spanish

patio de recreo (schoolyard, yard). (various references)

Swedish

lekplats (close). (various references)

Turkish

oyun alanı (court, playing field, sportsfield), okul bahçesi (schoolyard). (various references)

Ukrainian

спортивний майданчик. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sân chơi. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "playground": playgrounds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Playground" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: playgroud. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: pauldron.

-3 letters: aground, daylong, goldarn, goldurn, grandly, gunplay, languor, laundry, nodular, organdy, pandour, poulard, poundal, proudly, roundly, ungodly.

-4 letters: around, dognap, dourly, dragon, gnarly, ground, ladron, langur, lanugo, lapdog, lardon, loungy, lurdan, orangy, ourang, pardon, parody, plaguy, prolan, pyrola, rugola, unload, upland, upload, uranyl, yaupon.

-5 letters: adorn, agony, algor, along, aloud, angry, apron, argol.

+1 letter: playgrounds.