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training ground

training ground noun: a place or ground used for training.

Noun

training ground (plural training grounds)

  1. A place or ground used for training.
    • As a 19-year-old Premier League footballer at Swansea, Ben Davies always took an eternity to leave the club’s training ground.2025 October 13, Ben Fisher, “Unflappable, indispensable: centurion Ben Davies is the glue that holds Wales together”, in The Guardian
  2. (broadly) A workplace which provides training for employees.
    • These practical training grounds would be much reduced in the future and other means must be found to ensure that drivers and top-grade signalmen had a proper background of experience.1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Staff training”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712

Forms of training ground

pluraltraining grounds

Questions about training ground

What does training ground mean?
Training ground means a place or ground used for training.
What part of speech is training ground?
Training ground is a noun.
What is the plural of training ground?
The plural of training ground is training grounds.

Words near training ground in the dictionary

  1. training collar
  2. training collars
  3. training complex
  4. training exercise
  5. training exercises
  6. training ground
  7. training grounds
  8. training pants
  9. training school
  10. training ship
  11. training ships

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