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recreation ground

British  

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

Fourteen-year-old Isaac is a pole vaulter who says the recreation ground is essential for him when his father, who's in the Royal Navy, is away.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2024

One, dated February 2008, shows him crouched in snow in the prison’s recreation ground, smiling at dusk.

From The Guardian Nov. 1, 2016

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

Elswick Park, attached to the old mansion of the same name, is now a public recreation ground.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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