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PLEASURE GROUND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
Synonyms:
amusement park; funfair; pleasure ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("pleasure ground" is a kind of...):
common; commons; green; park (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area)
Meronyms (parts of "pleasure ground"):
ride (a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pleasure ground"):
theme park (an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow))
Instance hyponyms:
Disneyland (an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney)
Walt Disney World (a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando)
