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noun

a game preserve, especially in Africa.

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Origin of game park

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby game park

gamely, Game Master, gameness, game of chance, game of skill, game park, game plan, gameplay, game point, gamer, gamer girl

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How to use game park in a sentence

This is going to be the Game of Thrones of U.S. Senate races.
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Dora is seen getting dressed as a mermaid by a cursor being manned by some omniscient game player.
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He is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.
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Think of it as Game of Thrones—if you subtract the sex and violence and add drunken revelry and singing.
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Actually, the guessing game is over; the weddings have begun, as have weird attempts to circumvent our constitutional democracy.
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And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
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He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.
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Jean clung to his English nurse, who played the fascinating game of pretending to eat his hand.
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Two many-branched candelabra, holding wax lights, brilliantly illuminate the game.
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The unhappy applicant was naturally obliged to temporarily retire from the game, at all events for that night.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

British Dictionary definitions for game park

game park

noun

(esp in Africa) a large area of country set aside as a reserve for wild animals

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