adventure playground

American  

noun

British.

1. a children's playground, often in a somewhat desolate urban area, that utilizes derelict industrial or commercial items or products for equipment, as used tires for swings and wooden crates for tunnels.

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adventure playground British  

noun

1. a playground for children that contains building materials, discarded industrial parts, etc, used by the children to build with, hide in, climb on, etc

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Etymology

Origin of adventure playground

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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adventure playground

They also have a "pick your own" field of sunflowers in the summer, as well as adding a children's adventure playground.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023

I’ve read the diary of the first play worker, John Bertelsen, who ran the adventure playground that Lady Allen visited at Emdrup.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2016

They discovered that they shared an unusual dream: to build an adventure playground in the city.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2016

Some of the concepts SWA Group has for Lawton Park include a natural riverwalk, an adventure playground for children, a porch swing grove and a Ferris wheel.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2014

Alex thought of it as the adventure playground from hell.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz