How to spell playground

Playground is spelled P-L-A-Y-G-R-O-U-N-D.

hear itplay·ground/'pleɪ,graʊnd/nounSounds

What it means: An outdoor area with equipment for children to play on.

In a sentence: The children are playing happily in the playground.

Same family: play, ground, playtime, schoolyard, park. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “playground” is a simple compound of “play” and “ground” that began to appear in English in the 1700s, first meaning any area for games and later coming to mean the dedicated outdoor spaces for children that we know today.

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