playground
n. countablen. an outdoor area where children can play on equipment like swings and slides. It is usually found at schools or in public parks.
n. an outdoor area provided for children to play in, typically equipped with structures such as swings, slides, and climbing frames. In a computing context, it refers to an isolated environment for testing code.
The children are playing on the swings at the playground.
The local council recently installed new rubber flooring at the playground to make it safer for toddlers.
While the primary school's playground remains the heart of the community, the software developers used a digital playground to experiment with the new API without risking the main server.
From play + ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.
Commonly used as a compound noun; in figurative use, it describes a place where a particular group of people go to enjoy themselves.