junglegym

[ juhng-guhl-jim ]

/ ˈdʒʌŋ gəlˌdʒɪm /

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a playground apparatus consisting of a framework of horizontal and vertical bars on which children can climb.

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Origin of junglegym

Formerly a trademark

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How to use junglegym in a sentence

But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.
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Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The legal jungle must be bulldozed, and replaced by radically simpler framework of goals and principles.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It all began, the consensus seems to be, with the red jungle fowl.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It took me back to Burma and a certain very uncomfortable night that I once passed in the jungle.
Uncanny Tales|Various
To elucidate this it is necessary to plunge into the jungle of pure economic theory.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Bridges had been broken down, and the guns had to be hauled through jungle and woods under a scorching sun.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
There isnt a girl in the class who doesnt need brisking up in the gym.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
The road was a bullock track, a swamp of mud amid the larger swamp of the ploughed land and jungle.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for junglegym

jungle gym

noun

a climbing frame for young children

Word Origin for jungle gym

from a trademark

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