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amusement park

American  

noun

  1. a large park equipped with such recreational devices as a merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, roller coaster, etc., and usually having booths for games and refreshments.

amusement park British  

noun

  1. an open-air entertainment area consisting of stalls, side shows, etc

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Etymology

Origin of amusement park

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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It can feel as if you are spinning out of control in a Tilt-A-Whirl ride at an amusement park.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He has spun that success into a television game show on Amazon Prime Video, as well as a pop-up amusement park in Saudi Arabia dubbed Beast Land.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Walt Disney has named Josh D'Amaro, the head of its amusement park business, as its new chief executive.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Then came Dollywood, an amusement park so wildly successful that it became the economic engine of East Tennessee.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

She said she’d married a bearish man in an amusement park and that he’d planned to escape Cuba, to take a fishing boat north and go ice skating.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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