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playstreets

playstreets is the plural of playstreet.

Meaning of playstreet

Noun

playstreet (plural playstreets)

  1. A scheme by which a road is temporarily closed to allow local children to play there, e.g. in neighbourhoods where playground facilities are not available.
    • The Police Athletic League of New York City began operation of 75 playstreets and playgrounds in July for city youngsters who could not leave the city's streets during the hot months.1951, Federal Probation News Letter, page 61

Questions about playstreets

What is playstreets the plural of?
Playstreets is the plural of playstreet.

Words near playstreets in the dictionary

  1. playstead
  2. playsteads
  3. playstow
  4. playstows
  5. playstreet
  6. playstreets
  7. playstructure
  8. playstructures
  9. playstyle
  10. playstyles
  11. playsuit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playstreets (page history and authors); playstreet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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