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recreation ground

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noun

  1. Often (informal) shortened to: rec. an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children

"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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It said the recreation ground had been empty since 2008.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025

Two layers of fencing and thick rolls of razor wire separated the remaining inmates from the Zuni mountain range, which undulated in the distance behind the Cibola County correctional center’s recreation ground.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2016

Instead, to the approval of most Berliners, they turned it into a vast recreation ground, a semi-wilderness in the heart of the city.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2016

A second picture posted by the same user showed the air ambulance had landed in White Hart Lane recreation ground.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2015

In the road leading to the chateau there was now a fine recreation ground, which was greatly patronized after the factories had closed.

From Nobody's Girl (En Famille) by Florence Crewe-Jones

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