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waterplay

waterplay noun: any form of playing with water.

Noun

waterplay (uncountable)

  1. Any form of playing with water.
    • Some children cannot bear the feel of water on their skin, which has obvious practical problems as well as hindering the possibilities of waterplay.2008, Julia Moor, Playing, Laughing and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum, page 183

Origin of waterplay

From water + play.

Questions about waterplay

What does waterplay mean?
Waterplay means any form of playing with water.
What part of speech is waterplay?
Waterplay is a noun.

Words near waterplay in the dictionary

  1. waterplanings
  2. waterplant
  3. waterplantain
  4. waterplantains
  5. waterplants
  6. waterplay
  7. waterpoint
  8. waterpoints
  9. waterpolo
  10. waterpoppies
  11. waterpoppy

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