playplace
playplace noun: a place for recreation and play.
Noun
playplace (plural playplaces)
- 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
- Make a playplace and a showplace of your lawn with Lawn Billiards’ color-brite court equipment—weather-proof plastic balls, enameled metal pockets, streamlined mallets, gleaming markers, etc.1950 April, The Lawn Billiards Company, “Bring Zest to Family Fun-Time”, in Elizabeth Gordon, editor, House Beautiful, volume 92, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 248...
- Synonyms:
- playstead
- A recreational space for children, often used in the context of indoor playgrounds or jungle gyms with tube mazes.
Examples of playplace in a sentence
- I would suggest that this playplace, playfield, playground is related to the idea of sacred space.1999, R. Scott Colglazier, “Let’s Go Down to the Garden”, in Touchstones: Spiritual Awakenings in Everyday Life, St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice...
- Gavven and Mom walked back down the street and around to the playplace on the next street.2001, Sally Odgers, “No Questions”, in Glory Gate, Auckland: Shortland Publications, →ISBN, page 17:
Synonyms of playplace
Forms of playplace
| plural | playplaces |
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Origin of playplace
From play + place.
Questions about playplace
- What does playplace mean?
- Playplace means a place for recreation and play.
- How do you use playplace in a sentence?
- I would suggest that this playplace, playfield, playground is related to the idea of sacred space.
- What part of speech is playplace?
- Playplace is a noun.
- What is the plural of playplace?
- The plural of playplace is playplaces.
Words near playplace in the dictionary
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