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PLAYTIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does playtime mean?
• PLAYTIME (noun)
The noun PLAYTIME has 1 sense:
1. time for play or diversion
Familiarity information: PLAYTIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Time for play or diversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
playday; playtime
Hypernyms ("playtime" is a kind of...):
leisure; leisure time (time available for ease and relaxation)
Context examples
We are man and woman now, with sober work to do, for playtime is over, and we must give up frolicking.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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