adventure playground

noun

chiefly British
: an outdoor area that has fixed and movable structures (such as slides and rope ladders) on which children can climb and play and that often also has equipment and loose materials for building projects and modifying preexisting structures

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Set in the shadow of Dent Blanche, one of the Alps’ tallest peaks, the village is an adventure playground. Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026 Revamped, re-branded and re-opened as Storm King, this is a choose-your-own adventure playground where golfers can create their own layout across a 63-acre property that offers 40 distinct hole configurations. Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025 AlUla has morphed from a sleepy archaeological site into Saudi Arabia’s adventure playground over the past decade, where visitors revel in raves and practice sunrise yoga in the same valley the Nabataeans once roamed. Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025 The site’s cabins, safari tents, and Airstreams are the perfect launchpad for the area’s adventure playground, with outings like canyon hiking, rock climbing, and mountain biking nearby. Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for adventure playground

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of adventure playground was in 1953

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“Adventure playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adventure%20playground. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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