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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

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Forensic investigators are expected to remain at the recreation ground for the next few days.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2021

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

What is so curious is that this terrace or bastion is so large, like some big recreation ground, that it is almost dreary, and one cannot understand its being suspended in mid-air.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)