playground has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] an area where many people go for recreation

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

It is significant that the Catskills , which used_to be the summer playground for older teen-agers , a kind of summer suburb of New_York , no_longer attracts them in great numbers - except for those who work there as waiters , bus_boys , or counselors in the day_camps .

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[ noun ] (geography) yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play

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