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play place

play place is the alternative form of playplace.

Meaning of playplace

Noun

playplace (plural playplaces)

  1. A place for recreation and play.
    • Lanny sat for a while looking out over the peaceful strait of water, which makes a playplace as well as a channel of commerce for the great metropolis.1946 May, Upton Sinclair, “The Darkest Hour”, in A World to Win (Lanny Budd; 7), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, book 5 (A Tide in the Affairs of Men), section IV, page 358
    Synonyms:
    playstead
    1. (broadly) A recreational space for children, often used in the context of indoor playgrounds or jungle gyms with tube mazes.

Forms of play place

pluralplay places

Questions about play place

What is play place the alternative form of?
Play place is the alternative form of playplace.

Words near play place in the dictionary

  1. play park
  2. play parks
  3. play parties
  4. play party
  5. play pendulum
  6. play place
  7. play politics
  8. play possum
  9. play pretties
  10. play pretty
  11. play pussy

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