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playscape

playscape noun: a designed landscape for play.

Noun

playscape (plural playscapes)

  1. A designed landscape for play
  2. A designed landscape for play that includes settings and features beyond traditional playground equipment (e.g. logs, planted play settings, sand or mud play, paths for wheeled toy use, etc.)
  3. A playground where the playground equipment is cohesively integrated with topography, plantings, and circulation systems.

Forms of playscape

pluralplayscapes

Origin of playscape

From play + -scape.

Questions about playscape

What does playscape mean?
Playscape means a designed landscape for play.
What part of speech is playscape?
Playscape is a noun.
What is the plural of playscape?
The plural of playscape is playscapes.

Words near playscape in the dictionary

  1. plays with fire
  2. plays with house money
  3. plays with oneself
  4. plays-of-color
  5. playscale
  6. playscape
  7. playscapes
  8. playscheme
  9. playschemes
  10. playschool
  11. playschools

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