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Playground

A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Curtilage 76% connected

A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.

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Yard 76% connected

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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Spa 76% connected

A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

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Resort 70% connected

Active power or movement; spring.

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Seesaw 70% connected

A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.

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Slide 70% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

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Spa 70% connected

A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

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Swing 70% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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Teeter 70% connected

To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.

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