playland

noun

play·​land ˈplā-ˌland How to pronounce playland (audio)

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Think of it as a private playland: There’s a flotilla of water toys, including e-foils and a captained, 42-foot yacht on call, plus a concierge ready to wrangle a tee time at the Arnold Palmer Ocean Course next door. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2024 For those looking for out-of-the-water fun, Tom Foolerys Adventure Park is an epic playland that packs as much excitement as possible into 80,000 square feet of indoor fun. Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 14 May 2023 These art-tech playlands have been fashioned in the wake of the original Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, a DIY artists' collaboration launched in 2008 that continues to draw huge crowds. Robin Soslow, Chron, 20 Feb. 2023 Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church: Christmas Eve family service is at noon Dec. 24 with live animals and playland from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the church campus, 17010 Pomerado Road. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for playland 

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of playland was in 1891

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“Playland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playland. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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