LEGO

[leg-oh]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for interlocking plastic building bricks used as construction toys, and related products and services.

Lego

/ ˈlɛɡəʊ /

noun

1. a construction toy consisting of plastic bricks and other standardized components that fit together with studs

Word History and Origins

Origin of LEGO¹

First recorded in 1955–60; abbreviation of Danish leg godt “to play well”

Word History and Origins

Origin of LEGO¹

C20: from Danish leg godt play well

Example Sentences

The new locations will carry popular brands including Lego, Barbie and Hot Wheels.

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Netflix has had other partnerships with other toy makers, including Squishmallows for shows like sci-fi series “Stranger Things” and Lego sets based on pirates tale “One Piece.”

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His lawyers said that details told in court of Cédric Jubillar's behaviour were all irrelevant: his use of pornography, a pair of panda pyjamas with ears and tail that he was wearing when police came, and making his son Louis sit on Lego bricks as a punishment.

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"You can think of cGAS as a biological Lego piece - the same basic shape in humans and naked mole-rats, but in the mole-rat version a few connectors are flipped, allowing it to assemble an entirely different structure and function."

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She gives the example of a Lego pop-up where people could build a flower made of plastic bricks and then take it home.

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