"ball pit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ball pits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ball pit (plural ball pits)
  1. A play area for children consisting of a pit filled with colourful plastic balls. Synonyms: ball pond, ball pool Translations (type of play area): 波波池 (bo¹ bo¹ ci⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 球池 (qiúchí) (Chinese Mandarin), ballenbak (Dutch), pallomeri (Finnish), piscine à boules [feminine] (French), Bällebad [neuter] (German), Bällchenbad [neuter] (German), Kugelbad [neuter] (German), בְּרֵכַת כַּדּוּרִים (brechát kaddurím) [feminine] (Hebrew), suchy basen [masculine] (Polish), piscina de bolinhas (english: literally: small balls pool) [feminine] (Portuguese), bazin cu mingi [neuter] (Romanian), piscina de bolas [feminine] (Spanish), bollhav [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ball_pit-en-noun-kZlHg15Z Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
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      "word": "波波池"
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      "sense": "type of play area",
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      "sense": "type of play area",
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      "word": "piscina de bolinhas"
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      "word": "bazin cu mingi"
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      "sense": "type of play area",
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