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climbing frame

British  

noun

  1. a structure of wood or metal tubing used by children for climbing

"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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Helena has been using monkey bars since the age of three, when her parents bought her and her twin sister, Nicola, a climbing frame for their back garden.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2023

The playground was also doomed; city commissioners were not too keen on the designer’s circular doughnut slide or the giant climbing frame that seemed to extend five stories in the air.

From New York Times Jul. 28, 2023

This place should be buzzing with life and sound, with the chatter of children playing and clambering over the climbing frame that dominates the square.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2022

Children play on a rusting climbing frame, jumping on an abandoned mattress.

From The Guardian Oct. 21, 2019

“Should of seen your face when the window went,” snargled Ross Wilcox as I got back to the climbing frame.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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