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recreation ground

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noun

  1. Often (informal) shortened to: rec. an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Each planet is represented by a marker, with the Sun at the centre on the recreation ground and Pluto positioned about a mile away, reflecting distances at a precise scale.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Smith family on the understanding that it would be "open to the public... and available as a recreation ground".

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024

Two layers of fencing and thick rolls of razor wire separated the remaining inmates from the Zuni mountain range, which undulated in the distance behind the Cibola County correctional center’s recreation ground.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2016

Instead, to the approval of most Berliners, they turned it into a vast recreation ground, a semi-wilderness in the heart of the city.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2016

The cliff was too sheer on the side of our recreation ground.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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