"playpen" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-playpen.wav [Southern-England] Forms: playpens [plural]
Etymology: play + pen Etymology templates: {{compound|en|play|pen}} play + pen Head templates: {{en-noun}} playpen (plural playpens)
  1. An enclosure in which babies or small children can play. Categories (topical): Furniture, Recreation Translations (enclosure for children to play in): حَظِيرَة اللَّعْب لِلْأَطْفَال (alt: ḥaẓīra(t) al-laʕb lilʔaṭfāl) (Arabic), قَفَص اللَّعْب لِلْأَطْفَال (qafaṣ al-laʕb lilʔaṭfāl) (Arabic), кошара (košara) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 嬰兒圍欄 (Chinese Mandarin), 婴儿围栏 (yīng'ér wéilán) (Chinese Mandarin), 嬰兒用圍欄 (Chinese Mandarin), 婴儿用围栏 (yīng'ér yòng wéilán) (Chinese Mandarin), dětská ohrádka [feminine] (Czech), kravlegård [common-gender] (Danish), box [masculine] (Dutch), krablejo (Esperanto), leikkikehä (Finnish), parc à bébé [masculine] (French), parc pour bébé [masculine] (French), Laufgitter [neuter] (German), Laufstall [masculine] (German), πάρκο (párko) [neuter] (Greek), box [masculine] (Italian), ベビーサークル (bebī sākuru) (english: baby circle) (Japanese), pakokori (Maori), lekegrind [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), leikegrind [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), leikegrind [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kojec (dla dziecka) [masculine] (Polish), chiqueirinho [masculine] (Portuguese), cercadinho [masculine] (Portuguese), cercado (Portuguese), parque (Portuguese), мане́ж (manéž) [masculine] (Russian), де́тский мане́ж (détskij manéž) [masculine] (Russian), parque para bebés [masculine] (Spanish), corralito [masculine] (Spanish), lekhage [common-gender] (Swedish), barnhage [common-gender] (Swedish), дитячий мане́ж (dytjačyj manéž) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-playpen-en-noun-97npLli3 Disambiguation of Furniture: 82 18 Disambiguation of Recreation: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'enclosure for children to play in': 85 15
  2. (figuratively, by extension) An area or domain in which a person can exercises their activities or endeavors freely. Tags: broadly, figuratively Categories (topical): Recreation
    Sense id: en-playpen-en-noun-ceG5PohC Disambiguation of Recreation: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kojec (dla dziecka)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiqueirinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cercadinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "word": "cercado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "word": "parque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "manéž",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мане́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "détskij manéž",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "де́тский мане́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parque para bebés"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corralito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lekhage"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "barnhage"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dytjačyj manéž",
      "sense": "enclosure for children to play in",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дитячий мане́ж"
    }
  ],
  "word": "playpen"
}

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